ABSTRACT
This book consists of a series of short chapters each presenting a snapshot of the lives of particular Muslims living in Britain in terms of their experiences of crime and the criminal justice system. The underpinning rationale for this book has been to introduce greater diversity and specificity into criminological accounts of a diverse range of issues, including victimisation, fear of crime, causes of crime and penal policy. Embedded within the different authors’ contributions are observations about what new knowledge can be gleaned from focusing upon the often-marginalised issue of religion and placing it at the centre of criminological analysis. The religion that has been explored is Islam, the justification for this being that Islam is practised by a significant number of people living in Britain and that it is very much a central part of these individuals’ everyday lives. The contributions in this book raise a number of important issues, and it is worth reiterating some of these here.
