
Social Control and Deviance
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'...a unique study...Dr. Wardak has produced a careful and sensitive empirical study of the dynamics of control and deviance that will be of interest to scholars in the fields of race relations and criminology...one of the very few rigorous tests of Hirschi's control theory that have been completed in the UK. I recommend it to all criminologists interested in the relationship between race, crime and social control.' Dr Peter Young, University of Edinburgh, UK 'The book is recommended to readers who are interested in the sociological understanding of the experiences of members of Pakistani/Muslim communities? in Scotland, or in social control and deviance in Pakistani/Muslim communities?.' Ethnic and Racial Studies 'This is the first in-depth study of social control and deviance within a British Pakistani community. The study is clearly sritten and rigorous. If these were not reasons enough to read the book, then the fact that little systematic social scientific knowledge is available about this community offers further enticement. Readers with a specific interest in adapting social control theory to specific community and cultural contexts will directly benefit from reading this book, as will those with a more general interest in how British Pakistani communities are socially organised.' Crime Prevention and Community Safety 'Wardak should be credited for being among the very first scholars who have done research on this community in general...the book has a lot of qualities...overall, this is a well-written and accessible book, with clear debates and coherent arguments, unreservedly recommended to scholars and students of crime and social control, social life and customs, cultural studies as well as race relations.' Journal of Ethnic and Migration StudiesMore details
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