Nabil Ouassini is Assistant Professor at Prairie View A & M University. He received his Ph.D. in criminal justice from Indiana University at Bloomington, and his research interests include comparative criminal justice/criminology, criminal justice reform, legitimation and legitimacy, and crime/criminal justice in the Arab world.Anwar Ouassini is Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Delaware State University. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of New Mexico, and his research interests include civil society and criminal justice reform in North and West Africa, Arab criminology, and culture/racialization with focus on Muslim minorities.

• 1. Introduction: Why Arab Criminology? 2. The Islamic Legal Tradition  3. Historical, Political and Cultural Commonalities 4. Arab Criminology at the Intersection of Race and Gender 5. Transnational Crime in the Arab World 6. Moving Forward

Nabil Ouassini is Assistant Professor at Prairie View A & M University. He received his Ph.D. in criminal justice from Indiana University at Bloomington, and his research interests include comparative criminal justice/criminology, criminal justice reform, legitimation and legitimacy, and crime/criminal justice in the Arab world.Anwar Ouassini is Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Delaware State University. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of New Mexico, and his research interests include civil society and criminal justice reform in North and West Africa, Arab criminology, and culture/racialization with focus on Muslim minorities.

• 1. Introduction: Why Arab Criminology? 2. The Islamic Legal Tradition  3. Historical, Political and Cultural Commonalities 4. Arab Criminology at the Intersection of Race and Gender 5. Transnational Crime in the Arab World 6. Moving Forward