Sectarian order in Bahrain : the social and colonial origins of criminal justice /
Staci Strobl.
- Lanham : Lexington Books, (c)2018.
- 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Land and Sea; 2 Shooting at the Sheikh; 3 "You Brother of a Prostitute"; 4 Sectarian Tashwish; 5 "Mad, No House, No Money"; Conclusion; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Through the lens of a new interpretation of criminal justice history Sectarian Order in Bahrain focuses on a cache of colonial criminal cases dated 1924 to 1940. It outlines major shifts in notions of the social order, highlighting a sectarianism modus operandi within the colonial criminal justice system.