British Pakistanis and Desistance: Poverty, Prison and Identity

Focusing on the lives of first and second generation British Pakistani young adult men and those approaching middle age, who offend or have offended, and the experiences of their fathers bringing them up in a de-industrialised city, this book examines the influence of social relations on their moves toward and away from crime.

Mohammed Qasim is a visiting fellow at the Mannheim Centre for Criminology, London School of Economics, UK.

Colin Webster is Emeritus Professor of Criminology at Leeds Beckett University, UK.