Doctor Selda Dagistanli

Doctor Selda Dagistanli

LECTURER,
Sociology and Criminology (SoSSP)

Personal

Qualifications

  • PhD University of Western Sydney

UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • Sociology and Criminology (SoSSP)

Contact

Email:S.Dagistanli@uws.edu.au
Extension:6221
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Location:1.1.72
Bankstown
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Biography

My research explores the intersections of Western multicultural politics, criminal justice and law. An overarching research priority is an interrogation of the various ways in which unpopular minorities are morally, politically and culturally marginalised in legal and broader community arenas. Specifically, I am interested in how the politics of exclusion, through racism, can lead to punitive criminal justice practices and the appropriation of victims'  and womens' rights movements.  These interests are explored through a critique of the gendered and racialised assumptions of liberalism and orientalism. My research specifically explores moral panics and (anti)multicultural discourses around "Muslim" crime, political and legal debates on legal pluralism, and racialised representations of gendered violence and misogyny in orientalist understandings of Muslim masculinity. My doctoral research focused on the role of the courts in racialised moral panics around a series of gang rapes perpetrated by young Muslim background men in Sydney. This research was informed by a disciplinary background in philosophy.

This information has been contributed by Doctor Dagistanli.

Interests

  • Cultural defences in criminal law
  • Cultural desistance
  • Multicultural politics and Islamophobia
  • Racialised moral panics around gendered violence
  • Representations of Muslim masculinity

Teaching

Previous Teaching Areas

  • 101561 Gender, Crime and Violence, 2012
  • 101564 Victimisation and Crime Prevention, 2012

Publications

Chapters in Books

  • Dagistanli, S. and Grewal, K. (2012), 'Perverse Muslim Masculinities in Contemporary Orientalist Discourse: the vagaries of Muslim immigration in the West', Global Islamophobia : Muslims and Moral Panic in the West, Ashgate 9781409431190.
  • Dagistanli, S. (2007), ''Like a Pack of Wild Animals': Moral Panics Arounf 'Ethnic' Gang Rape in Sydney', Outrageous! Moral Panics in Australia, ACYS Publishing 9781875326596.
  • Dagistanli, S. and Lumby, C. (2003), 'Anita: Beyond Good and Evil', Anita and Beyond, Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest 1875143327.

Journal Articles

  • Morgan, G., Dagistanli, S. and Martin, G. (2010), 'Global Fears, Local Anxiety: Policing, Counterterrorism and Moral Panic Over 'Bikie Gang Wars' in New South Wales', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 20.

Conference Papers

  • Dagistanli, S. (2006), 'Consent, the 'lascivious Arab' and Standards of Reasonableness in Legal and Official Discourses', Racisms in the New World Order Conference, QLD, Conference, Queensland, Australia.
  • Dagistanli, S. (2005), 'If the judiciary were real people...': the impact of moral panic on the sentencing of 'Arab gang rapists'', CEASS Conference: Scholarship and Community UWS 2005, University of Western Sydney, Bankstown.
  • Dagistanli, S. (2005), 'Consent, the 'lascivious Arab' and Standards of Reasonableness in Legal and Official Discourses', Racisms in the New World Order Conference: Realities of Colour, Culture and Identity, QLD.

Research

Politics of sentencing and punishment

liberal multiculturalism and the politics of exclusion

Gendered and racialised violence 

Cultural defences in criminal law

Representations of “dangerous” Muslim masculinities

Victims’ rights 

Cultural desistance

This information has been contributed by Doctor Dagistanli.

Current Projects

Title:Testing the limits of post-secularism and multiculturalism in Australia, France and the USA: Shari'a in the everyday life of Muslim communities
Years:2012-07-01 - 2015-06-30
ID:P00020137
UWS Researchers:Adam Possamai, Selda Dagistanli and Bryan Turner
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (ACRG)

Supervision

Doctor Dagistanli is available to be a principal supervisor for doctoral projects

Current Supervision

Title:Identifying the Influence and Effect of Christian Motorcycle Clubs on the Culture of Patched Motorcycle Clubs
Field of Research:
Title:Islamic Family Separation in the Australian Legal System
Field of Research:
Title:The 'Race' for Camden. The Camden Islamic School Controversy.
Field of Research:
Title:Islamic Family Separation in the Australian Legal System
Field of Research:
Title:Crime: Health and Social Effects on University Students
Field of Research:

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