Muzammil is Senior Lecturer in Criminology & Criminal Justice. He joined Salford in 2002 and was previously employed at the Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations (CRER) at the University of Warwick. His research interests centre upon crime and victimisation with reference to Muslim populations adopting qualitative methodologies. He is author of numerous texts in this field, his publications include Researching Racism (2015; Sage) and Towards a Malaysian Criminology (Forthcoming, Palgrave). He has chaired and participated in various conferences on the themes of Muslim prisoners, extremism and discrimination. He is co-investigator on a large-scale collaborative project administered by SOAS, University of London, examining experiences of conversion to Islam in prisons.