'Honour' killing and violence : theory, policy and practice

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'Honour' killing and violence : theory, policy and practice

edited by Aisha K. Gill, Carolyn Strange and Karl Roberts

Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

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"Honour" killing & violence : theory, policy & practice

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In this interdisciplinary collection leading experts and scholars from criminology, psychology, law and history provide a compelling analysis of practices and beliefs that lead to violence against women, men and children in the name 'honour'.

Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgements 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

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