Dr. Ali Wardak was born in Afghanistan and
is a graduate of Kabul University in Law and
Jurisprudence. He received his PhD degree in Criminology
from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1995 where
he also worked as a tutor of Criminology and Criminal
Justice between 1992 - 1995, and as a research fellow
between 1995 - 1996. Currently,
Dr Wardak
teaches criminology at the University of
Glamorgan,
where he is also the Director of a Home
Office research project that looks at the criminogenic
needs and probation experiences of Black and Asian
offenders in England and Wales. The research project is
conducted by a consortium of researchers that include Dr.
Ali Wardak (University of Glamorgan), Professor Peter
Raynor and Dr Maurice Vanstone (Swansea University)
Professor David Smith (Lancaster University), Dr Bankole
Cole (Lincoln University) and four full-time research
assistants.
Publications:
a. Principal
Published Works and Works Accepted for Publication
Wardak,
A. (1998) �The Tribal and Ethnic Composition of Afghan
Society� in Afghanistan: Essential Field Guides to
Humanitarian and Conflict Zones, edited by
Edward Girardet & Jonathan Walter, Geneva: Crosslines Ltd.
Wardak, A. (2000) Social Control and Deviance: A
South Asian Community in
Scotland,
Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
Wardak,
A. (2002) �The Mosque and Social Control in Edinburgh�s
Muslim Community� in Journal of Culture and Religion
Vol. 3: No 2.
b. Work
in Progress
Wardak,
A. et al, Black and Asian Offenders: Criminogenic Needs
and Experiences of Probation, (Home Office Research
Report to be published following the completion of my
current research in May 2003).
Sheptycki, J. and Wardak, A. (Eds.) Comparative and
Transnational Criminology , London: Cavendish
(forthcoming December 2003)
Wardak,
A. 'Comparative Criminology: Problems and Prospects' in J.
Sheptycki and A. Wardak, (Eds.) Transnational and
Comparative Criminology, London: Cavendish
(forthcoming December 2003)
Wardak, A. 'Crime and Social Control in Saudi Arabia' in
J. Sheptycki and A. Wardak, (Eds.) Transnational and
Comparative Criminology, London: Cavendish
(forthcoming December 2003)
In addition, Wardak has presented numerous papers at
various international conferences and academic forums.
Since 1996 he has regularly contributed to various current
affairs/News programmes including BBC (Television)
Wales, ITV, BBC Radio 4
(Sara
Dickens's Programme), BBC Radio 5, One World
(BBC�s special multi-cultural radio programme)
and Radio Red Dragon.