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'Honour' Killing and Violence: Theory, Policy and Practice

Edited by: Aisha K. Gill, Carolyn Strange, Karl Roberts

ISBN13: 9781137289551
Published: May 2014
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Paperback
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This interdisciplinary collection provides a compelling analysis of the practices and beliefs that lead to violence against women, men and children in the name of 'honour', with a range of international insights from criminology, psychology, law and history.

The volume advances legal and theoretical debates through the analysis of established research and presents new evidence and insights, addressing key questions such as: What psychological processes are relevant in the motivation of honour violence? Under what historical circumstances, and through what strategies, have honourable masculinity and violence been dissociated? Can honour be reconceptualised in ways that challenge violent practices justified in its name?

By locating 'honour' killing and 'honour' based violence within and beyond debates on violence against women and girls, this collection offers recommendations to inform both theory and practice, making this an essential resource for teachers and students, health professionals, police officers, lawyers, social workers, policy-makers, and activists working against gendered forms of violence.

Subjects:
Criminal Law
Contents:
Foreword; Professor Lynn Welchman
Notes on the Contributors

1. Introduction: 'Honour' and 'Honour'-based Violence: Challenging Common Assumptions; Aisha K. Gill

PART I: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS
2. Domestic Violence or Cultural Tradition? Approaches to 'Honour Killing' as Species and Sub-species in English Legal Practice; Rupa Reddy 3. Adjusting the Lens of Honour-based Violence: Perspectives from Euro-American History; Carolyn Strange 4. Towards a Psychologically Oriented Motivational Model of Honour Based Violence; Karl Roberts 5. Honour as Property; Johanna Bond 6. (Dis)honour, Death and Duress in the Courtroom; Jocelynne A. Scutt

PART II: OPERATIONALISING PRACTICES OF HONOUR AND VIOLENCE 7. Conceptualising HBV in Scandinavian Law Enforcement; Anja Bredal 8. 'If there were no khaps, ...everything will go haywire...young boys and girls will start marrying into the same gotra'- Understanding khap-directed Honour Killings in North India; Suruchi Thapar-Bjoerkert 9. 'All they think about is honour': The Murder of Shafilea Ahmed; Aisha K. Gill 10. Same Problem, Different Solutions: The Case of 'honour killing' in Germany and Britain; Selen Ayirtman Ercan 11. No Place in Canada': Triumphant Discourses, Murdered Women, and the 'Honour Crime'; Dana Mohammed Olwan