Sara Ashencaen Crabtree is a senior lecturer in Health and Social Work at Bournemouth University. Her previous academic posts were in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.Fatima Husain's background is in family-based research and she is currently a senior researcher at The Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion, London.Basia Spalek is Professor in Conflict Transformation within the Department for Therapeutic Practice at the University of Derby.

"An interesting and informative read, for both the social worker and a broader range of practitioners." Professional Social Work, February 2009 (Review of the first edition)

• IntroductionThe Muslim Ummah: context and conceptsSocial Work Education & Islam principlesGender Relations and the Morphology of the FamilyWorking with FamiliesHealth and Muslim FamiliesAgeing & Muslim CommunitiesMuslim communities, crime, victimisation and criminal justice – with Tracey DevannaConclusion