Mohammed is currently working on three research projects simultaneously:
- British South-Asian organised crime: A multi-site qualitative enquiry that explores the historical, contemporary and evolving nature of serious organised crime committed by British South-Asians.
- Crime-terror nexus: A 24 month study that investigates the interplay between terrorism and organised crime in 探花直播, UK.
- Policing mis/disinformation: An overseas collaboration that explores the nature and extent of how mis/disinformation affects Muslim communities and the impact it has on broader social implications.
Mohammed currently supervises the following PhD students:
- Craig Pinkney: Internet Beef: Making sense of Social Media, Gangs and Youth Violence Within West Midlands, England. (Director of Studies)
- Rio Waldock: The forgotten prisoners: The impacts off IPP sentencing on people in custody and upon release through recall provisions. (Supervisor)
He welcomes PhD proposals that focus on serious violence, criminal exploitation and organised crime.
Books
Rahman, M. & Deuchar, R. (2024) 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.
Book chapters
Faheem, A. & Rahman, M. (2024) 鈥淣ever let anyone tell you that you鈥檙e not good enough鈥�: Using Intersectionality to Reflect on Inequality in British Academia. In: A, Mahmud & M, Islam. Uncovering Islamophobia in Higher Education. London: Palgrave.
Rahman, M. (2019) Outlaw Biker Clubs: A case study exploration of collective violence. In: C, Ireland, M, Lewis, J, Ireland & A. Lopez. International Handbook on Collective Violence. London: Routledge.
Rahman, M. (2019) The price of life: The average cost of a contract killing in the UK is 拢15,180 In: A. Lynes and J. Treadwell. 50 Facts of Criminology. Bristol: Policy Press.
Rahman, M. (2016) The Media Impact of Online Islamophobia: An Analysis of the Woolwich Murder, In: I. Awan, (eds) Islamophobia in Cyberspace: Hate Crimes Go Viral, London: Routledge.
Journal articles
Rahman, M. (In production) A Criminological Voyage: Using the car as a place of work and technology for street level ethnographic research.
Rahman, M. & Abdulkader, M. (2022) Living Rough: The vulnerabilities of rough sleepers in 探花直播, UK, Abuse: An International Journal.
Kotz茅, J., Antonopoulos, G.A. & Rahman, M. (2022) The Processes, Logics and Economies of Violence in Organised Crime, Trends in Organized Crime.
Rahman, M. & Abdulkader, M. (2021) 鈥楽ome of them look at you like as if you鈥檙e a piece of dirt on their shoe鈥�: The Stigma of Being a Rough Sleeper. Academia Letters, Article 2175.
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 Organized Crime. Springer.
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 探花直播: A Case Study of the 2003 New Year Shootings. British Society of Criminology.
Awan, I. & Rahman, M. (2016) Portrayal of Muslims Following the Murders of Lee Rigby in Woolwich and Mohammed Saleem in 探花直播: 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.
Wilson, D. & Rahman, M. (2015) Becoming a Hitman, Howard Journal for Criminal Justice, Wiley Publications.
Regularly, Mohammed disseminates his research through national and international media outlets. Previously, he has provided expert commentary for Amazon Prime, BBC, CBS, Channel 5, ITV, The Magazine, and The Times.
Below are some of his selected media outputs:
Ahmed, A. (2022) CPS will now be able to use drill music videos as evidence in UK courts [Commentary piece]. Available at:聽
Balloo, S. (2022) Reality of homelessness as gangs and sex traffickers prey on rough sleepers [Research based]. Available at:聽
BBC (2019) Explosion fraudsters committed 'white collar' mass murder [Commentary piece]. Available at:聽
BBC Sounds (2018) The Doorstep Murder. Featured in episodes 2 and 3 Available at:聽
Brady, D. (2018) Government money to tackle organised crime 鈥榠nsufficient鈥� [Commentary piece]. Available at:聽
Dathan, M. (2024) Prevent scheme fails to tackle terrorism funded by organised crime. [Research based] Available at:
Gall, C. (2018) Ex-gang members speak out on 探花直播 gun crime [Commentary piece]. Available at:聽
Garcia, F. (2021) The Bartender Who Became Britain's One and Only Female Contract Killer [Commentary piece]. Available at:聽
Garcia, F. (2021) The Unsolved Mystery of the Putney Pusher [Commentary piece]. Available at:聽
Herbert, T. (2018) Here are the UK鈥檚 most notorious unsolved murders [Commentary piece]. Available at:聽
McAlinden, M. (2018) BBC News: The Doorstep Murder. Available at:聽
Rahman, M (2020) The enforcer: the myth and reality of organised crime鈥檚 hard man. Available at:聽
TIME (2015) Researchers Unlock the Secret Behind Successful Hitmen [Research based]. Available at:聽
Walker, J. (2022) Targeted by criminals and abused by the public: 探花直播 rough sleepers talk about life on the street [Research based]. Available at:聽
