Azrini Wahidin
BA Hons (University of London), MA, PGCE, PhD (Keele),
SEDA Level III, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Reader in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Room 2.04, 1 College Park East
Ext: 1480; Email: a.wahidin@qub.ac.uk
My research interests relate to the links between social exclusion, the 'deviant' body, crime and crime control and social harm. My writings are both theoretical and applied and have been influenced by the work of Michel Foucault and Judith Butler. I have conducted extensive prison research focusing on both prisoners and uniformed staff. In particular my research has focused on elderly prisoners on both sides of the Atlantic; managing the needs of older offenders, the female prison estate, young offenders, theories of punishment, the lifer system and resettlement.
I am chair of the Professional Ethics Committee for the British Society of Criminology and a trustee for the Howard League for Penal Reform. I am also on the editorial board for The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice and the Prison Service Journal.
I have completed studies on real work in prison, educational needs in prison, managing the needs of older offenders and the experiences and needs of women in prison. In addition, I have written in the areas of:the body, prison time and space, sexuality, later life, feminist research methodology, the use of qualitative methods; research ethics and the politics of evaluation research.
In 2008, Dr. Wahidin and associates were awarded a prestigious prize of Highly Commended Article of 2008 by Emerald publishers for literary award of excellence for an article published in International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. She is a visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Malaya.
I am keen to support applications for postgraduate research in any of the above areas but especially on furthering our understanding of: the body, sexuality, imprisonment, theoretical criminology, transitional justice and the experiences of former politically motivated prisoners. If you have a proposal in these areas and would like to discuss the possibility of studying criminology at Queen's University please let me know - I'll be happy to discuss your plans.
Teaching Interests
Imprisonment, Criminological Theory, Comparative Criminal Justice Systems, Theories of the Body, Feminist Theory; Research Ethics, Theories of punishment, Transitional Justice, Women in Prison and Former Politically Motivated Prisoners.
Recent Publications
Wahidin A and Aday, R (2010) Later Life and Imprisonment in D. Dannefer and C.Phillipson (eds) The Sage Handbook in Social Gerontology, London, Sage.
Wahidin A and Moore, L (2010), Ethics and Criminological Research in P. Davies and J. Francis (eds)
Doing Criminological Research, London, Palgrave.
Huklesby A and Wahidin A, (eds) (2009); Criminal Justice, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Wahidin, A and Powell, J (2008) 'Understanding Old Age and Victimisation: A Critical Exploration' in the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy.
Bennett, J, Crewe, B & Wahidin, A (eds) (2007) Prison Staff: Cullompton: Willan Press.
Wahidin, A & Cain, M (eds) (2006), Ageing, Crime and Society: Cullompton: Willan Press.
Powell, J.L & Wahidin A (eds) (2006), Foucault and Ageing: New York: Nova Press.
Hale, C; Hayward, K; Wahidin A, & Wincup, E (eds) (2005); Criminology, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Wahidin, A. (2004) Older Women and The Criminal Justice System: Running Out of Time, London: Jessica Kingsley.
Wahidin, A and Ardley, J ( 2007) Prisons and Penal Policy in B. Stout, J. Yates and B. Williams in Applied Criminology, Sage.
Wahidin, A (2006) Time and the Prison Experience, Sociological Research online,Volume 11, Issue 1. http://www.socresonline.org.uk/11/1/wahidin.html.
Wahidin, A. & Tate, S., (2005) Prison (es)capes and Body Tropes: Older Women in the Prison Time Machine, in the Journal of Body and Society, March Vol. 11 Part 2.
