About Me
I have been teaching as an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology and Police Science at Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (MBSTU) in Tangail, Bangladesh, since 2010. Now, I am doing a Ph.D. in Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada. My Ph.D. project is on "Prison and Resistance: A Postcolonial Comparative Study on Released Indigenous Women Political Prisoners in Bangladesh and Canada.” My research interests are prison resistance, Indigenous prisoner resistance, punishment, prison governance, prison culture and crimmigration, and prisoner deportation across borders in Bangladesh and India through postcolonial lenses.
Research Interest
1. Indigeneity, Decoloniality and Carceral Resistance.
2. Postcoloniality and Subaltern Studies.
3. Indigenous women's political prisoners’ Resistance.
4. Punishment, Prison Governance and Prison Culture.
5. Terrorism and Religious Fundamentalism.
6. Gender and Female Criminality.
7. Rape Culture and Rape Victimization;
8. Theoretical and Historical Criminology.
Professional & Other Experiences
1. Editorial Board Member, Border Criminologies Blog, Border Criminologies, Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford, St Cross Building, St Cross Road, Oxford, OX1 3UL, United Kingdom.
2. Editorial Member, Global Dialogue, Bangladesh Team, International Sociological Association (ISA).
3. Former Director, Department of Physical Education, Mawlana Bhashani Science & Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh
4. Former Chairman, Department of Criminology & Police Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science & Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh
5. Former Transport Director, Transport Section, Mawlana Bhashani Science & Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh
6. Training Instructor, Sociology for College Teachers, Training Section, National University, Tongi, Gazipur.
7. Member, Syllabus Committee, PGD in Security Management and Administration, Police Staff College, Under National University, Bangladesh.
8. Member, Syllabus Committee, Masters of Applied Criminology and Police Management, Police Staff College, Under National University, Bangladesh.
9. Former Member, Academic Council, Mawlana Bhashani Science & Technology University, Tangail- 1902, Bangladesh
10. Member, Deans Executive Committee, Faculty of Social Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science & Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh
11. Member, Deans Executive Committee, Faculty of Life Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science & Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh
12. Former Member, Disciplinary Committee, Mawlana Bhashani Science & Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh
13. Member, Academic Planning Committee, Department of Criminology & Police Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science & Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh
14. Member, Syllabus Committee, Department of Criminology & Police Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science & Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh
15. Member, Academic Committee, Department of Criminology and Police Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail-1902 Bangladesh
Education
1. 2022 Doctoral Students, Department of Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University, Canada. (Ongoing)
2. 2009 Master of Social Science (M.S.S), Department of Sociology, Shah Jalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh.
3. 2007 Bachelor of Social Science (Honors), Department of Sociology, Shah Jalal University of Science& Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh.
Publications
Book Chapter Publications:
1. Islam, M. J. (2024). Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937), in Dr. Khurshed Alam (edited) Modernists and Post-modernist Theories, Dhaka: University Press Limited. (in bengali)
2. Banarjee, S., Hussain, M. S., Islam, M. J. (2019). Religious Terrorism in Bangladesh: Patterns, Trends and Causes. in Routledge Handbook of South Asian Criminology. Edited by K. Jaishankar, New York: Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group). Internet Link
Peer Review Publications:
1. Chowdhury, K., Rana, E. K., Islam, M. J. (2022). Liberal Discourses of Militancy in Bangladesh: An Analysis and Critical Appraisal, Probondhaboli/Perspectives on Social Sciences, Vol-11, pp. 71-92, Center for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (CASSS), Dhaka: University of Dhaka. (in Bengali)
2. Chowdhury, K., Choudhury, Z. A., Mamun, S. A., Islam, M. J. (2021). Desistance from Crime: An Empirical Study of Crime Behavior of Released Male Prisoners in Bangladesh, SUST Journal of Social Sciences, Vol-32, Issues: 02, pp. 33-48, Sylhet: Shahjalal University of Science and Technology.
3. Rana, E. K., Islam, M. J. (2020). NGO discourse of Extrajudicial killings and Enforced disappearance in Bangladesh, International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences, January – June 2021. Vol. 16 (1): 110–126. South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology. Link
4. Islam, M. J., Banarjee, S., Khatun, M. N. (2014). Theories of Female Criminality: A Criminological Analysis, International Journal of Criminology and Sociological Theory, Vol. 7, No. 1, (December), Toronto: York University Link
5. Banarjee, S., Islam, M. J. (2019). Sexual Violence Against Women: A Global Phenomenon on Cultural Context, BPA Journal, Police Academy Journal, Vol-01, Issues-1 (January-December) Rajshahi: Bangladesh Police Academy.
6. Sharmin, S., Islam, M. J. (2019). Marginality of the Rape Victims: An Exploratory Study on Rape Victims in Tangail District, Bangladesh, BPA Journal, Police Academy Journal, Vol-01, Issues-1 (January-December) Rajshahi: Bangladesh Police Academy.
7. Islam, M. J., Suchona, S. Y. (2019). Sexual Harassment of Women in Public Transport: A Study on Dhaka City, Empowerment, Vol-26, Dhaka: Women for Women.
8. Islam, M. J., Suchona, S. Y. (2019). Women, Crime and News Media: A Criminological Study on Selected Newspaper in Bangladesh, PSC Journal, Volume: 6, Issue 1(January-June). Mirpur: Police Staff College.
9. Khatun, M. N., Islam, M. J. (2018). Crime in Bangladesh: A Historical Review, Social Science Review, The Dhaka University Studies, Part-D, Volume: 35, No-2 (December).
10. Sharmin, S., Islam, M. J., Banarjee, S. (2018). Rape Discourses in Contemporary Bangladesh: An Exploratory Study in Tangail District. Empowerment, Volume: 25. Dhaka: Women for Women.
11. Islam, M. J., Sharmin, S. (2018). Behavioral Practices of Rapists: A Qualitative Study on Sexual- Offenders in Tangail District, Bangladesh, The Journal of Social Studies, Vol-159 (July-September), Dhaka: Center for Social Studies.
12. Islam, M. J. (2018). Women Participation in Terrorist Movement in Bangladesh: The Case of Naxsalites Movement (In Bengali) Samaj Nirikkhon, Vol-147 (October- December), Dhaka: Center for Social Studies.
13. Hossain, M. S., Islam, M. J. (2017). The Genesis of Terrorism in Bangladesh: A Criminological Analysis, PSC journal, Vol-4, Issues-1 (Jan-June), Dhaka: Police Staff College.
14. Islam, M. J., Sharmin, S. (2017). Socio-psychological causes of rape in Bangladesh: From Victim Perspectives South Asian Journal of Population and Health, 10 (1), Dhaka: World University.
15. Talukder, I. A., Islam, M. J., Dola, H. K. (2017). Fear of Crime victimization in ethnic community: An Exploratory Study on Garo Society in Tangail District. South Asian Journal of Population and Health, 10 (1), Dhaka: World University.
16. Islam, M. J., Sharmin, S. (2015). Rape Cultures of Bangladesh: Background, Nature and Causalities, Samaj Nirikkhon, No. 134 (July-September). (in Bengali)
17. Islam, M. J., Das, S. K. (2015). Victimization of the People in Inter-Religious Marriage: A Study on Muslim and Hindu Communities in Bangladesh, South Asian Journal of Population and Health, Vol-8 (1 & 2), Dhaka: World University.
18. Alam, M. A., Islam, M. J., Das, S. K. (2015). The Use of Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice: Towards an Alternative Explanation, South Asian Journal of Population and Health, Vol-8 (1 & 2), Dhaka: World University.
19. Islam, M. J., Suchona, S. Y. (2014). Cartoon Programs and Delinquency: A Review on Children in Bangladesh, PSC Journal, Vol. 1, Issue. 2. Mirpur: Police Staff College.
20. Khatun, M. N., Islam, M. J., Yasmin, N. (2014). Socio-psychological condition of Rape Victims: An Exploratory Study on Tangail Districts, Bangladesh. Issues-July, mySociety: Biannual University Journal, VII (1-2), 2012-13, 1-10, Department of Studies in Political Science, University of Mysore, Karnataka, India.
21. Islam, M. J., Khatun, M. N., Hossain, M. M. (2013). Religiosity and Crime: A Cross- sectional study on Tangail Jail, Bangladesh. Issues-July-September, Vol-1, Issue-3, Journal of Media and Social Development, Department of Studies in Journalism and Communication, University of Mysore, Karnataka, India.
22. Islam, M. J., Khatun, M. N. (2013). On the Etiology of Female Offending: Toward a quest for Alternative Explanation, European Academic Research, Vol-1, Issues-4, July, Romania: European Union. Link
23. Khatun, M. N., Islam, M. J., Banarjee, S. Paul, M. (2013). Philosophy of Punishment in Criminology: A Historical Review, Issues-July-September, Vol-1, Issue-1, Journal of Media and Social Development, Department of Studies in Journalism and Communication, University of Mysore, Karnataka, India. Link
24. Islam, M. J., Khatun, M. N., Paul, M. (2013). Dark Figure of Crime in Bangladesh: A Descriptive Study on Gazipur District, (June-July), Society and Change, Department of Public Administration, University of Dhaka.
25. Islam, M. J., Khatun, M. N., Siddiqua, R., Khan, M. B. (2013) Paradigmatic Status of Criminology: An Analysis, Samaj Nirikkhon, No-122, (June-July), Dhaka: Center for Social Studies. (in bengali)
26. Khatun, M. N., Banarjee, S., Islam, M. J., Alam, M. J. (2013). Community Policing in Bangladesh: Philosophy and Practices, Journal of Science and Technology, Tangail: Mawlana Bhasani Science and Technology University.
27. Alam, M. A., Islam, M. J., Sultana, A. (2013). Girl teasing and Suicide: An Exploratory Study on Bangladesh, Journal of Sociology, Nazmul Karim Study Center, Issue No- 02 (July), Volume- 1, Department of Sociology, University of Dhaka.
28. Huq, M. O., Alam, M. A., Islam, M. J. (2012). Patterns of Delinquency, Dietary Behavior and Nutritional Status of the Adolescent Waste Pickers in Dhaka City, Journal of Science and Technology, Issue No-02 (January), Volume- 2, Tangail: Mawlana Bhasani Science and Technology University.
29. Islam, M. J., Khatun, M. N. (2012). Nature and Causes of Female Criminality in Bangladesh: A Theoretical Review, Samaj Nirikkhon, No-120 (January-March), Dhaka: Center for Social Studies. (in Bengali)
30. Alam, M. A., Islam, M. J., Ahmed, F. (2011). Obstacles of Criminal Investigation: An Exploratory Study on Police Role, Tangail. Journal of Science and Technology, Issue No-02 (July), Volume- 1, Tangail: Mawlana Bhasani Science and Technology University.
31. Khatun, M. N., Islam, M. J., Rashid, M. M. (2011). Spatial Distribution of Urban Crime: A study in Tangail Town, Journal of Science and Technology, Issue No-01 (January), Volume- 2, Tangail: Mawlana Bhasani Science and Technology University.
32. Islam, M. J., Ghani, M. A., Chowdhury, K. (2011). Change in Islamic Fundamentalist discourses in Post-liberation Bangladesh: A Sociological Analysis, Samaj Nirikkhon, No-118 (July-September), Dhaka: Center for Social Studies. (in Bengali)
Accepted Book Chapter:
1. Islam, M. J., Rana, E. K., and Hossian, M.L. (2024). Why Do We Need a South Asian Decolonial Criminology? A Study from Postcolonial Subaltern Studies. In Professor Karry Carrington (edited) Palgrave Handbook of Criminology and the Global South. London: Palgrave McMillan. (Abstract Accepted)
2. Islam, M. J., Rana, E. K. (2022). Prison Governance and Administrative Systems in Bangladesh: From Colonial to Post Colonial Rule, in Danielle Rudes, TaLisa, Kimberly, Gaylene, Beth, Jodi (Edited) Division on Corrections and Sentencing’s Handbook (vol. 9): Prisons & Jails, USA: DSC, American Criminological Association. (Abstract Accepted)
3. Islam, M. J, Rana, E. K. (2020). Theoretical Perspectives in Criminology, in Mokerrom Hossain (Edited) Crime, Victimization and Criminal Justice in Bangladesh, USA: Virginia State University.
4. Islam, M. J. (2020). Banghabandu and Bangladesh: Vinnochokhe in Professor Anisuzzaman et al. Bonghobondhu Nobobikkhon, Dhaka: Panjeri Publishers. (in bengali)
Submitted and Under-reviewed Research Articles:
1. Islam, M. J. (2024). Prison and Resistance: From Subaltern Perspectives. The Journal of Resistance Studies. Sweden: Irene Publishing House.
2. Rana, E. K., Islam, M. J. (2022). Underlying Causes of Religious Militancy in Bangladesh: Toward an Alternative Explanation from the Views of Liberal Intellectuals, Society and Culture in South Asia, South Asian University, New Delhi: Sage Publications.
3. Chowdhury, K., Islam, M. J., Rana, E. K. (2020). Liberal Discourses of Islamic Radicalization in Bangladesh: A Contemporary Analysis of Political Discourse, Jointly Submitted in Critical Studies on Terrorism, New York: Taylor and Francis Online.
4. Islam, M. J., Akter, L., Akter, M. M. (2020). Female Criminality in Bangladesh: An Empirical Study of Social Bonding Theory on Released Prisoners, Jointly Submitted in International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, USA: Taylor and Francis Online.
5. Islam, M. J., Nahar, H. L. (2020). Theorizing Female Terrorism: A Literature Based Meta- Analysis, Jointly Submitted in The Journal of Social Sciences, Dhaka: Center for Social Studies.
Book Reviews:
1. Hossain, M. L., Islam, M. J. (2024). Analyzing Sovereignty: A Review of Carl Schmitt's Political Theology, Political Theory, A book review on Schmitt, C. (2005). Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1-116. California, USA: Sage Publications (Submitted).
2. Islam, M.J. (2024). Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum. Canadian Journal of Education. Book Review of Calarco, J. M. (2020). A field guide to grad school: Uncovering the hidden curriculum. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1-459. (Accepted).
3. Islam, M.J. (2023). Prison, Power and Resistance. Journal of Prisoners on Prison. Vol-34, No-1 (2025). Book Review on Crewe, B. (2012). The prisoner society: Power, adaptation and social life in an English prison. Oxford: Oxford University Press (Accepted).
4. Islam, M.J. (2023). Power Politics in the Prison and Women Resistance. Canadian Journal of Law and Society. Book Review on McCoy, T. (2019). Four Unruly Women: Stories of Incarceration and Resistance from Canada’s Most Notorious Prison. BC: University of British Columbia Press. P 1-3. Link
1. Islam, M. J. (2024). Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937), in Dr. Khurshed Alam (edited) Modernists and Post-modernist Theories, Dhaka: University Press Limited. (in bengali)
2. Banarjee, S., Hussain, M. S., Islam, M. J. (2019). Religious Terrorism in Bangladesh: Patterns, Trends and Causes. in Routledge Handbook of South Asian Criminology. Edited by K. Jaishankar, New York: Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group). Internet Link
Peer Review Publications:
1. Chowdhury, K., Rana, E. K., Islam, M. J. (2022). Liberal Discourses of Militancy in Bangladesh: An Analysis and Critical Appraisal, Probondhaboli/Perspectives on Social Sciences, Vol-11, pp. 71-92, Center for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (CASSS), Dhaka: University of Dhaka. (in Bengali)
2. Chowdhury, K., Choudhury, Z. A., Mamun, S. A., Islam, M. J. (2021). Desistance from Crime: An Empirical Study of Crime Behavior of Released Male Prisoners in Bangladesh, SUST Journal of Social Sciences, Vol-32, Issues: 02, pp. 33-48, Sylhet: Shahjalal University of Science and Technology.
3. Rana, E. K., Islam, M. J. (2020). NGO discourse of Extrajudicial killings and Enforced disappearance in Bangladesh, International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences, January – June 2021. Vol. 16 (1): 110–126. South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology. Link
4. Islam, M. J., Banarjee, S., Khatun, M. N. (2014). Theories of Female Criminality: A Criminological Analysis, International Journal of Criminology and Sociological Theory, Vol. 7, No. 1, (December), Toronto: York University Link
5. Banarjee, S., Islam, M. J. (2019). Sexual Violence Against Women: A Global Phenomenon on Cultural Context, BPA Journal, Police Academy Journal, Vol-01, Issues-1 (January-December) Rajshahi: Bangladesh Police Academy.
6. Sharmin, S., Islam, M. J. (2019). Marginality of the Rape Victims: An Exploratory Study on Rape Victims in Tangail District, Bangladesh, BPA Journal, Police Academy Journal, Vol-01, Issues-1 (January-December) Rajshahi: Bangladesh Police Academy.
7. Islam, M. J., Suchona, S. Y. (2019). Sexual Harassment of Women in Public Transport: A Study on Dhaka City, Empowerment, Vol-26, Dhaka: Women for Women.
8. Islam, M. J., Suchona, S. Y. (2019). Women, Crime and News Media: A Criminological Study on Selected Newspaper in Bangladesh, PSC Journal, Volume: 6, Issue 1(January-June). Mirpur: Police Staff College.
9. Khatun, M. N., Islam, M. J. (2018). Crime in Bangladesh: A Historical Review, Social Science Review, The Dhaka University Studies, Part-D, Volume: 35, No-2 (December).
10. Sharmin, S., Islam, M. J., Banarjee, S. (2018). Rape Discourses in Contemporary Bangladesh: An Exploratory Study in Tangail District. Empowerment, Volume: 25. Dhaka: Women for Women.
11. Islam, M. J., Sharmin, S. (2018). Behavioral Practices of Rapists: A Qualitative Study on Sexual- Offenders in Tangail District, Bangladesh, The Journal of Social Studies, Vol-159 (July-September), Dhaka: Center for Social Studies.
12. Islam, M. J. (2018). Women Participation in Terrorist Movement in Bangladesh: The Case of Naxsalites Movement (In Bengali) Samaj Nirikkhon, Vol-147 (October- December), Dhaka: Center for Social Studies.
13. Hossain, M. S., Islam, M. J. (2017). The Genesis of Terrorism in Bangladesh: A Criminological Analysis, PSC journal, Vol-4, Issues-1 (Jan-June), Dhaka: Police Staff College.
14. Islam, M. J., Sharmin, S. (2017). Socio-psychological causes of rape in Bangladesh: From Victim Perspectives South Asian Journal of Population and Health, 10 (1), Dhaka: World University.
15. Talukder, I. A., Islam, M. J., Dola, H. K. (2017). Fear of Crime victimization in ethnic community: An Exploratory Study on Garo Society in Tangail District. South Asian Journal of Population and Health, 10 (1), Dhaka: World University.
16. Islam, M. J., Sharmin, S. (2015). Rape Cultures of Bangladesh: Background, Nature and Causalities, Samaj Nirikkhon, No. 134 (July-September). (in Bengali)
17. Islam, M. J., Das, S. K. (2015). Victimization of the People in Inter-Religious Marriage: A Study on Muslim and Hindu Communities in Bangladesh, South Asian Journal of Population and Health, Vol-8 (1 & 2), Dhaka: World University.
18. Alam, M. A., Islam, M. J., Das, S. K. (2015). The Use of Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice: Towards an Alternative Explanation, South Asian Journal of Population and Health, Vol-8 (1 & 2), Dhaka: World University.
19. Islam, M. J., Suchona, S. Y. (2014). Cartoon Programs and Delinquency: A Review on Children in Bangladesh, PSC Journal, Vol. 1, Issue. 2. Mirpur: Police Staff College.
20. Khatun, M. N., Islam, M. J., Yasmin, N. (2014). Socio-psychological condition of Rape Victims: An Exploratory Study on Tangail Districts, Bangladesh. Issues-July, mySociety: Biannual University Journal, VII (1-2), 2012-13, 1-10, Department of Studies in Political Science, University of Mysore, Karnataka, India.
21. Islam, M. J., Khatun, M. N., Hossain, M. M. (2013). Religiosity and Crime: A Cross- sectional study on Tangail Jail, Bangladesh. Issues-July-September, Vol-1, Issue-3, Journal of Media and Social Development, Department of Studies in Journalism and Communication, University of Mysore, Karnataka, India.
22. Islam, M. J., Khatun, M. N. (2013). On the Etiology of Female Offending: Toward a quest for Alternative Explanation, European Academic Research, Vol-1, Issues-4, July, Romania: European Union. Link
23. Khatun, M. N., Islam, M. J., Banarjee, S. Paul, M. (2013). Philosophy of Punishment in Criminology: A Historical Review, Issues-July-September, Vol-1, Issue-1, Journal of Media and Social Development, Department of Studies in Journalism and Communication, University of Mysore, Karnataka, India. Link
24. Islam, M. J., Khatun, M. N., Paul, M. (2013). Dark Figure of Crime in Bangladesh: A Descriptive Study on Gazipur District, (June-July), Society and Change, Department of Public Administration, University of Dhaka.
25. Islam, M. J., Khatun, M. N., Siddiqua, R., Khan, M. B. (2013) Paradigmatic Status of Criminology: An Analysis, Samaj Nirikkhon, No-122, (June-July), Dhaka: Center for Social Studies. (in bengali)
26. Khatun, M. N., Banarjee, S., Islam, M. J., Alam, M. J. (2013). Community Policing in Bangladesh: Philosophy and Practices, Journal of Science and Technology, Tangail: Mawlana Bhasani Science and Technology University.
27. Alam, M. A., Islam, M. J., Sultana, A. (2013). Girl teasing and Suicide: An Exploratory Study on Bangladesh, Journal of Sociology, Nazmul Karim Study Center, Issue No- 02 (July), Volume- 1, Department of Sociology, University of Dhaka.
28. Huq, M. O., Alam, M. A., Islam, M. J. (2012). Patterns of Delinquency, Dietary Behavior and Nutritional Status of the Adolescent Waste Pickers in Dhaka City, Journal of Science and Technology, Issue No-02 (January), Volume- 2, Tangail: Mawlana Bhasani Science and Technology University.
29. Islam, M. J., Khatun, M. N. (2012). Nature and Causes of Female Criminality in Bangladesh: A Theoretical Review, Samaj Nirikkhon, No-120 (January-March), Dhaka: Center for Social Studies. (in Bengali)
30. Alam, M. A., Islam, M. J., Ahmed, F. (2011). Obstacles of Criminal Investigation: An Exploratory Study on Police Role, Tangail. Journal of Science and Technology, Issue No-02 (July), Volume- 1, Tangail: Mawlana Bhasani Science and Technology University.
31. Khatun, M. N., Islam, M. J., Rashid, M. M. (2011). Spatial Distribution of Urban Crime: A study in Tangail Town, Journal of Science and Technology, Issue No-01 (January), Volume- 2, Tangail: Mawlana Bhasani Science and Technology University.
32. Islam, M. J., Ghani, M. A., Chowdhury, K. (2011). Change in Islamic Fundamentalist discourses in Post-liberation Bangladesh: A Sociological Analysis, Samaj Nirikkhon, No-118 (July-September), Dhaka: Center for Social Studies. (in Bengali)
Accepted Book Chapter:
1. Islam, M. J., Rana, E. K., and Hossian, M.L. (2024). Why Do We Need a South Asian Decolonial Criminology? A Study from Postcolonial Subaltern Studies. In Professor Karry Carrington (edited) Palgrave Handbook of Criminology and the Global South. London: Palgrave McMillan. (Abstract Accepted)
2. Islam, M. J., Rana, E. K. (2022). Prison Governance and Administrative Systems in Bangladesh: From Colonial to Post Colonial Rule, in Danielle Rudes, TaLisa, Kimberly, Gaylene, Beth, Jodi (Edited) Division on Corrections and Sentencing’s Handbook (vol. 9): Prisons & Jails, USA: DSC, American Criminological Association. (Abstract Accepted)
3. Islam, M. J, Rana, E. K. (2020). Theoretical Perspectives in Criminology, in Mokerrom Hossain (Edited) Crime, Victimization and Criminal Justice in Bangladesh, USA: Virginia State University.
4. Islam, M. J. (2020). Banghabandu and Bangladesh: Vinnochokhe in Professor Anisuzzaman et al. Bonghobondhu Nobobikkhon, Dhaka: Panjeri Publishers. (in bengali)
Submitted and Under-reviewed Research Articles:
1. Islam, M. J. (2024). Prison and Resistance: From Subaltern Perspectives. The Journal of Resistance Studies. Sweden: Irene Publishing House.
2. Rana, E. K., Islam, M. J. (2022). Underlying Causes of Religious Militancy in Bangladesh: Toward an Alternative Explanation from the Views of Liberal Intellectuals, Society and Culture in South Asia, South Asian University, New Delhi: Sage Publications.
3. Chowdhury, K., Islam, M. J., Rana, E. K. (2020). Liberal Discourses of Islamic Radicalization in Bangladesh: A Contemporary Analysis of Political Discourse, Jointly Submitted in Critical Studies on Terrorism, New York: Taylor and Francis Online.
4. Islam, M. J., Akter, L., Akter, M. M. (2020). Female Criminality in Bangladesh: An Empirical Study of Social Bonding Theory on Released Prisoners, Jointly Submitted in International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, USA: Taylor and Francis Online.
5. Islam, M. J., Nahar, H. L. (2020). Theorizing Female Terrorism: A Literature Based Meta- Analysis, Jointly Submitted in The Journal of Social Sciences, Dhaka: Center for Social Studies.
Book Reviews:
1. Hossain, M. L., Islam, M. J. (2024). Analyzing Sovereignty: A Review of Carl Schmitt's Political Theology, Political Theory, A book review on Schmitt, C. (2005). Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1-116. California, USA: Sage Publications (Submitted).
2. Islam, M.J. (2024). Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum. Canadian Journal of Education. Book Review of Calarco, J. M. (2020). A field guide to grad school: Uncovering the hidden curriculum. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1-459. (Accepted).
3. Islam, M.J. (2023). Prison, Power and Resistance. Journal of Prisoners on Prison. Vol-34, No-1 (2025). Book Review on Crewe, B. (2012). The prisoner society: Power, adaptation and social life in an English prison. Oxford: Oxford University Press (Accepted).
4. Islam, M.J. (2023). Power Politics in the Prison and Women Resistance. Canadian Journal of Law and Society. Book Review on McCoy, T. (2019). Four Unruly Women: Stories of Incarceration and Resistance from Canada’s Most Notorious Prison. BC: University of British Columbia Press. P 1-3. Link
1. Islam, M. J., Rana, E.K., & Hossain, M.L. (2025). Why Do We Need a South Asian Decolonial Criminology?” A Study from Postcolonial Subaltern Studies, Conference Paper Accepted to Annual Meeting of Law and Society Association, 22-25 June 2024, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
2. Islam, M. J. (2024). A Ph.D. Project to A Course-based Research Methodology: A Critical Notes on Methodological Challenges, 2024 Annual Meetings of the American Society Criminology, 13-16 November, San Francisco, California, USA (Accepted)
3. Islam, M. J. (2024). Coloniality, Decoloniality, and Subalternity: A Debate with Anibal Quijano, Walter Mignolo, and David Arnold, 2024 Annual Meetings of the American Society Criminology, 13-16 November, San Francisco, California, USA (Accepted)
4. Islam, M. J. (2024). A Journey from Ph.D. Project to A Course-based Research Methodology Project: A Critical Understanding and Notes on Methodological Challenges, 2024 Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, 11-14 September, Bucharest, Romania (Accepted)
5. Islam, M. J. (2024). Coloniality, Decoloniality, and Subalternity: A Debate with Anibal Quijano, Walter Mignolo, and David Arnold, Fourth international conference Punishment in Global Peripheries, 8-10 August, Santa Fe, Argentina, Organized by the Oxford Centre for Criminology and the Crime and Society Program of the National University of Litoral. (Accepted)
6. Islam, M. J. (2024). Coloniality, Decoloniality and Subalternity: A Debate with Anibal Quijano, Walter Mignolo, and David Arnold, Abstract Presented in Online 17th Annual Graduate Legal Studies Conference 2024, “Conversations and Solutions Surrounding National and Global Challenges,” Organized by Department of Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University, Canada.
7. Islam, M. J. (2024). Policing, Michel Foucault, and Criminology, Conference Paper Submitted to 119th ASA Annual Meeting entitled “Intersectional Solidarities: Building Communities of Hope, Justice, and Joy,” Organized by American Sociological Association (ASA), August 9-13, Montreal, Canada. (Submitted)
8. Islam, M. J. (2024). A Journey from Ph.D. Project to A Course-based Research Methodology Project: A Critical Understanding and Notes on Methodological Challenges, Conference Paper Submitted to Annual Meeting of Canadian Law and Society Association Conference, June 15-17, 2024, 2024 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Montreal, Canada. (Accepted)
9. Islam, M. J., & Moore, D. (2023). Strip Search, Naked Power and Women Resistance in Prison: Dissection through the Lenses from Governmentality and Subaltern Studies, Conference Paper Accepted to Annual Meeting of Law and Society Association Conference, 6th-9th June 2024, Denver, Colorado, USA.
10. Islam, M. J. (2023). Policing, Michel Foucault and Criminology, Conference Paper Accepted to 32nd Annual Meeting of the International Police Executive Symposium (IPES), Policing, Rule of Law, Organized Crime and the Environment, 6th-11th August (In-person), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. Islam, M. J, Rana, E. K. (2023). Prison Governance and Administrative Systems in Bangladesh: From Colonial to Post Colonial Rule, Conference Paper Accepted in Law and Society Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 1-4, 2023, Organized by Law and Society Association (LSA), USA.
11. Islam, M. J. (2023). Policing, Michel Foucault and Criminology, Conference Paper Accepted, 24th Annual Interdisciplinary Legal Studies Graduate Student Conference, May 4-5, 2023, Organized by Law, University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada.
12. Islam, M. J. (2023). Prison and Resistance: From Subaltern Perspectives, Paper Presented in the Faculty of Public Affairs (FPA) Conference 2023, March 7-8, Organized by Faculty of Public Affairs, Carleton University, Canada.
13. Islam, M. J. (2023). Prison and Resistance: From Subaltern Perspectives, Abstract Presented in Graduate Symposium, April 14-15, 2023, Organized by Department of Socio-Legal Studies, York University, Canada.
14. Islam, M. J. (2023). Policing, Michel Foucault and Criminology, Conference Paper Submitted to 11th Annual Justice, Crime, and Deviance: Graduate Research and Networking Conference, 22 March 2023 (Virtual) & 25 March 2023 (In-person), Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada.
15. Islam, M. J. (2023). Prison and Resistance: From Subaltern Perspectives, Abstract Presented in Graduate Student Conference, 2023, Organized by Department of Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University, Canada.
16. Islam, M. J, Rana, E. K. (2023). Underlying Causes of Religious Militancy in Bangladesh: Toward an Alternative Explanation from the Views of Liberal Intellectuals, Conference Paper Submitted in 23rd Annual Graduate Conference, 16 March 2023, Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University, Canada.
17. Islam, M. J. (2023). Prison and Resistance: From Subaltern Perspectives, Conference Paper presented to Critical Perspectives / Criminology & Social Justice / Perspectives Critiques / Criminologie & Justice Sociale,12th National Conference / 12e Conférence Nationale Ottawa May/ Mai 15-17 2023 Carleton University / Université Carleton, Canada.
18. Islam, M. J. (2023). Prison and Resistance: From Subaltern Perspectives, Paper Submitted to Underhill Colloquium, Underhill 2023 Planning Committee, CU History, Carleton University / Université Carleton, Canada.
19. Islam, M. J. (2023). Policing, Michel Foucault and Criminology, Conference Paper Submitted to 16th Annual McGill Graduate Law Conference, 2023, Organized by Faculty of Law, McGill University, Canada.
20. Islam, M. J., Akter, L., Akter, M. M. (2019). Female Criminality in Bangladesh: An Empirical Study of Social Bonding Theory on Released Prisoners, International Conference on Advancement of Life Sciences 2019 (ICALS 2019). CP-OP 03, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (MBSTU), Tangail, Bangladesh, 5-6 April.
21. Islam, M. J., Chowdhury, K., Islam, M. M. (2019). Governing Prison Gangs and Prison Administration Rules: Reflections of Conducting Research on Naranyanganj District Jail, International Conference on Advancement of Life Sciences 2019 (ICALS019). CP-OP 04, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (MBSTU), Tangail, Bangladesh, 5-6 April.
22. Chowdhury, K., Islam, M. J., Rana, E. K. (2019). Liberal Discourses of Islamic Radicalization in Bangladesh (2005-2017): A Contemporary Analysis of Political Discourse, International Conference on Advancement of Life Sciences 2019 (ICALS 2019). CP-OP 05, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (MBSTU), Tangail, Bangladesh, 5-6 April.
23. Chowdhury, K., Islam, M. J., Soiti, S. S. (2019). Physical Violence against Married Working Women: A Case Study in Dhaka City, Bangladesh, International Conference on Advancement of Life Sciences 2019 (ICALS 2019). CP-OP 09, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (MBSTU), Tangail, Bangladesh, 5-6 April. 24. Sharmin, S., Islam, M. J. (2019). Marginality and Rape: An Exploratory Study on Rape Victims in Tangail District, Bangladesh, International Conference on Advancement of Life Sciences 2019 (ICALS 2019). CP-OP 12, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (MBSTU), Tangail, Bangladesh, 5-6 April. 25. Chowdhury, K., Islam, M. J., Mamun, S. A. (2019). Causes of Desistence from Crime: An Empirical Study among the Released Prisoners in Tangail City, International Conference on Advancement of Life Sciences 2019 (ICALS 2019). CP-OP 15, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (MBSTU), Tangail, Bangladesh, 5-6 April.
26. Banarjee, S., Islam, M. J. (2018). Technology of Surveillance in Crime Control: Foucault Revisited, Annual Graduate Student Conference 2018. In Securitization, Surveillance and Regulation, Organized by Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto, Canada. Internet Site: https://www.crimsl.utoronto.ca/news- events/events/graduate-student-conference#previous-accordion-3
27. Uddin, M. B., Islam, M. J., Alam, M. A. (2016). Community Policing in Bangladesh: Issues and Challenges, Conference on Policing in the 21st Century, Department of Criminology and Police Science, MBSTU, Tangail-1902.
28. Islam, M. J. (2014). The Genesis of Terrorism in Bangladesh: A Criminological Analysis, MIFS Conference, Bairut, Lebanon. (Conference Paper Accepted)
29. Islam, M. J., Khan, N. H. (2011). Fear of Crime and Victimization: An Empirical Study of Savar, Bangladesh, in Asian Criminological Society Conference, Taiwan: National Taipei University. (Conference Paper Accepted)
2. Islam, M. J. (2024). A Ph.D. Project to A Course-based Research Methodology: A Critical Notes on Methodological Challenges, 2024 Annual Meetings of the American Society Criminology, 13-16 November, San Francisco, California, USA (Accepted)
3. Islam, M. J. (2024). Coloniality, Decoloniality, and Subalternity: A Debate with Anibal Quijano, Walter Mignolo, and David Arnold, 2024 Annual Meetings of the American Society Criminology, 13-16 November, San Francisco, California, USA (Accepted)
4. Islam, M. J. (2024). A Journey from Ph.D. Project to A Course-based Research Methodology Project: A Critical Understanding and Notes on Methodological Challenges, 2024 Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, 11-14 September, Bucharest, Romania (Accepted)
5. Islam, M. J. (2024). Coloniality, Decoloniality, and Subalternity: A Debate with Anibal Quijano, Walter Mignolo, and David Arnold, Fourth international conference Punishment in Global Peripheries, 8-10 August, Santa Fe, Argentina, Organized by the Oxford Centre for Criminology and the Crime and Society Program of the National University of Litoral. (Accepted)
6. Islam, M. J. (2024). Coloniality, Decoloniality and Subalternity: A Debate with Anibal Quijano, Walter Mignolo, and David Arnold, Abstract Presented in Online 17th Annual Graduate Legal Studies Conference 2024, “Conversations and Solutions Surrounding National and Global Challenges,” Organized by Department of Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University, Canada.
7. Islam, M. J. (2024). Policing, Michel Foucault, and Criminology, Conference Paper Submitted to 119th ASA Annual Meeting entitled “Intersectional Solidarities: Building Communities of Hope, Justice, and Joy,” Organized by American Sociological Association (ASA), August 9-13, Montreal, Canada. (Submitted)
8. Islam, M. J. (2024). A Journey from Ph.D. Project to A Course-based Research Methodology Project: A Critical Understanding and Notes on Methodological Challenges, Conference Paper Submitted to Annual Meeting of Canadian Law and Society Association Conference, June 15-17, 2024, 2024 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Montreal, Canada. (Accepted)
9. Islam, M. J., & Moore, D. (2023). Strip Search, Naked Power and Women Resistance in Prison: Dissection through the Lenses from Governmentality and Subaltern Studies, Conference Paper Accepted to Annual Meeting of Law and Society Association Conference, 6th-9th June 2024, Denver, Colorado, USA.
10. Islam, M. J. (2023). Policing, Michel Foucault and Criminology, Conference Paper Accepted to 32nd Annual Meeting of the International Police Executive Symposium (IPES), Policing, Rule of Law, Organized Crime and the Environment, 6th-11th August (In-person), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. Islam, M. J, Rana, E. K. (2023). Prison Governance and Administrative Systems in Bangladesh: From Colonial to Post Colonial Rule, Conference Paper Accepted in Law and Society Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 1-4, 2023, Organized by Law and Society Association (LSA), USA.
11. Islam, M. J. (2023). Policing, Michel Foucault and Criminology, Conference Paper Accepted, 24th Annual Interdisciplinary Legal Studies Graduate Student Conference, May 4-5, 2023, Organized by Law, University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada.
12. Islam, M. J. (2023). Prison and Resistance: From Subaltern Perspectives, Paper Presented in the Faculty of Public Affairs (FPA) Conference 2023, March 7-8, Organized by Faculty of Public Affairs, Carleton University, Canada.
13. Islam, M. J. (2023). Prison and Resistance: From Subaltern Perspectives, Abstract Presented in Graduate Symposium, April 14-15, 2023, Organized by Department of Socio-Legal Studies, York University, Canada.
14. Islam, M. J. (2023). Policing, Michel Foucault and Criminology, Conference Paper Submitted to 11th Annual Justice, Crime, and Deviance: Graduate Research and Networking Conference, 22 March 2023 (Virtual) & 25 March 2023 (In-person), Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada.
15. Islam, M. J. (2023). Prison and Resistance: From Subaltern Perspectives, Abstract Presented in Graduate Student Conference, 2023, Organized by Department of Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University, Canada.
16. Islam, M. J, Rana, E. K. (2023). Underlying Causes of Religious Militancy in Bangladesh: Toward an Alternative Explanation from the Views of Liberal Intellectuals, Conference Paper Submitted in 23rd Annual Graduate Conference, 16 March 2023, Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University, Canada.
17. Islam, M. J. (2023). Prison and Resistance: From Subaltern Perspectives, Conference Paper presented to Critical Perspectives / Criminology & Social Justice / Perspectives Critiques / Criminologie & Justice Sociale,12th National Conference / 12e Conférence Nationale Ottawa May/ Mai 15-17 2023 Carleton University / Université Carleton, Canada.
18. Islam, M. J. (2023). Prison and Resistance: From Subaltern Perspectives, Paper Submitted to Underhill Colloquium, Underhill 2023 Planning Committee, CU History, Carleton University / Université Carleton, Canada.
19. Islam, M. J. (2023). Policing, Michel Foucault and Criminology, Conference Paper Submitted to 16th Annual McGill Graduate Law Conference, 2023, Organized by Faculty of Law, McGill University, Canada.
20. Islam, M. J., Akter, L., Akter, M. M. (2019). Female Criminality in Bangladesh: An Empirical Study of Social Bonding Theory on Released Prisoners, International Conference on Advancement of Life Sciences 2019 (ICALS 2019). CP-OP 03, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (MBSTU), Tangail, Bangladesh, 5-6 April.
21. Islam, M. J., Chowdhury, K., Islam, M. M. (2019). Governing Prison Gangs and Prison Administration Rules: Reflections of Conducting Research on Naranyanganj District Jail, International Conference on Advancement of Life Sciences 2019 (ICALS019). CP-OP 04, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (MBSTU), Tangail, Bangladesh, 5-6 April.
22. Chowdhury, K., Islam, M. J., Rana, E. K. (2019). Liberal Discourses of Islamic Radicalization in Bangladesh (2005-2017): A Contemporary Analysis of Political Discourse, International Conference on Advancement of Life Sciences 2019 (ICALS 2019). CP-OP 05, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (MBSTU), Tangail, Bangladesh, 5-6 April.
23. Chowdhury, K., Islam, M. J., Soiti, S. S. (2019). Physical Violence against Married Working Women: A Case Study in Dhaka City, Bangladesh, International Conference on Advancement of Life Sciences 2019 (ICALS 2019). CP-OP 09, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (MBSTU), Tangail, Bangladesh, 5-6 April. 24. Sharmin, S., Islam, M. J. (2019). Marginality and Rape: An Exploratory Study on Rape Victims in Tangail District, Bangladesh, International Conference on Advancement of Life Sciences 2019 (ICALS 2019). CP-OP 12, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (MBSTU), Tangail, Bangladesh, 5-6 April. 25. Chowdhury, K., Islam, M. J., Mamun, S. A. (2019). Causes of Desistence from Crime: An Empirical Study among the Released Prisoners in Tangail City, International Conference on Advancement of Life Sciences 2019 (ICALS 2019). CP-OP 15, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (MBSTU), Tangail, Bangladesh, 5-6 April.
26. Banarjee, S., Islam, M. J. (2018). Technology of Surveillance in Crime Control: Foucault Revisited, Annual Graduate Student Conference 2018. In Securitization, Surveillance and Regulation, Organized by Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto, Canada. Internet Site: https://www.crimsl.utoronto.ca/news- events/events/graduate-student-conference#previous-accordion-3
27. Uddin, M. B., Islam, M. J., Alam, M. A. (2016). Community Policing in Bangladesh: Issues and Challenges, Conference on Policing in the 21st Century, Department of Criminology and Police Science, MBSTU, Tangail-1902.
28. Islam, M. J. (2014). The Genesis of Terrorism in Bangladesh: A Criminological Analysis, MIFS Conference, Bairut, Lebanon. (Conference Paper Accepted)
29. Islam, M. J., Khan, N. H. (2011). Fear of Crime and Victimization: An Empirical Study of Savar, Bangladesh, in Asian Criminological Society Conference, Taiwan: National Taipei University. (Conference Paper Accepted)
1. 2020-2021 Worked as a Research Director on Research Project titled ‘Social Class and Gender Discrimination in Women Policing of Bangladesh: A Comparative Study on Women Policing in Dhaka and Tangail’ funded by Research Cell, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail-1902.
2. 2016-2019 Worked as Project Director in Self-Assessment Committee (SAC), Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) financed by the World Bank and UGC.
3. 2017 Worked as a Project Director on Research Project titled ‘Perception toward Child labor and Child involvement in Politics’ financed by Democracy Watch, Dhaka.
4. 2016 Worked as a Policy Analysts on Research Project titled ‘Women in Bangladesh Police: Issues and Challenges’ financed by Police Headquarters, Bangladesh Police, Dhaka.
5. 2016 Worked as a Research Director on Research Project titled ‘Nature and Extent of Victimization in Bangladesh: A Comparative Study on Rural and Urban Tangail’ funded by Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail-1902.
6. 2015 Worked as a Research Director on Research Project titled ‘Perception toward Women Crime and Criminality: A Comparative Study on Rural and Urban Tangail and Gazipur Districts’ funded by UGC-MBSTU, Tangail-1902.
2. 2016-2019 Worked as Project Director in Self-Assessment Committee (SAC), Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) financed by the World Bank and UGC.
3. 2017 Worked as a Project Director on Research Project titled ‘Perception toward Child labor and Child involvement in Politics’ financed by Democracy Watch, Dhaka.
4. 2016 Worked as a Policy Analysts on Research Project titled ‘Women in Bangladesh Police: Issues and Challenges’ financed by Police Headquarters, Bangladesh Police, Dhaka.
5. 2016 Worked as a Research Director on Research Project titled ‘Nature and Extent of Victimization in Bangladesh: A Comparative Study on Rural and Urban Tangail’ funded by Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail-1902.
6. 2015 Worked as a Research Director on Research Project titled ‘Perception toward Women Crime and Criminality: A Comparative Study on Rural and Urban Tangail and Gazipur Districts’ funded by UGC-MBSTU, Tangail-1902.