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Dr. Mohammed Rahman
Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Birmingham City University
Dr Mohammed Rahman is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Social Sciences, at Birmingham City University. Previously he was a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at Nottingham Trent University.
He holds a Ph.D (2014-2017), which investigated the nature and extent of homicide within organised crime in the West Midlands, England. His other academic credentials include an MEd in Academic Practice in Higher Education, an MA in Criminology and a BSc (Hons) in Forensic Computing.
Mohammed has published internationally, including books, book chapters and peer reviewed articles in his primary area of research – serious and organised crime. His other research interests include, social inequalities, criminal exploitation and serious violence.
Publications
Books
- Rahman, M. & Deuchar, R. (In production for 2023) Ethics in Criminological Research. London: Routledge.
- Kewley, S., Pemberton, S., & Rahman, M. (2021) Preventing Sexual Harm: Towards a Positive Criminology. London: Routledge.
- Rahman, M. (2019) Homicide and Organised Crime: Ethnographic Narratives of Violence in the Criminal Underworld. London: Palgrave.
Journal articles
- Rahman, M. & Abdulkader, M. (2022) Living Rough: The vulnerabilities of rough sleepers in Birmingham, Abuse: An International Journal. 3(1).
- Kotzé, J., Antonopoulos, G.A. & Rahman, M. (2022) The Processes, Logics and Economies of Violence in Organised Crime, Trends in Organised Crime, 25(1).
- Rahman, M., McLean, R., Deuchar, R., & Densley, J. (2020) Who are the enforcers? The motives and methods of muscle for hire in West Scotland and the West Midlands. Trends in Organised Crime. Springer.
- Rahman, M. & Abdulkader, M. (2021) ‘Some of them look at you like as if you’re a piece of dirt on their shoe’: The Stigma of Being a Rough Sleeper. Academia Letters, Article 2175.
- Rahman, M. & Lynes, A. (2018) Ride to Die: Understanding Masculine Honour and Collective Identity in the Motorcycle Underworld. Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice.
- Rahman, M. (2016) Understanding Organised Crime in Birmingham: A Case Study of the 2003 New Year Shootings. British Society of Criminology. 16, 71-89.
- Awan, I. & Rahman, M. (2016) Portrayal of Muslims Following the Murders of Lee Rigby in Woolwich and Mohammed Saleem in Birmingham: A Content Analysis of UK Newspapers, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, Routledge.
- Brookes, M., Wilson, D., Yardley, E., Rahman, M., & Rowe, S. (2015) Faceless: High-profile murders and public recognition, Crime Media Culture, Sage.
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