‘Honour’ Killing and Violence [electronic resource] : Theory, Policy and Practice /
Gill, Aisha K.editor.
Strange, Carolyn.editor.
Roberts, Karl.editor.
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'.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Note on Contributors; 1 Introduction: 'Honour' and 'Honour'-Based Violence: Challenging Common Assumptions; Part I: Conceptual Frameworks; 2 Domestic Violence or Cultural Tradition? Approaches to 'Honour Killing' as Species and Subspecies in English Legal Practice; 3 Adjusting the Lens of Honour-Based Violence: Perspectives from Euro-American History; 4 Towards a Psychologically Oriented Motivational Model of Honour-Based Violence; 5 Honour as Familial Value; 6 (Dis)honour, Death and Duress in the Courtroom
Part II: Operationalising/Practices of Honour and Violence7 Ordinary v. Other Violence? Conceptualising Honour-Based Violence in Scandinavian Public Policies; 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 Northern India; 9 'All they think about is honour': The Murder of Shafilea Ahmed; 10 Same Problem, Different Solutions: The Case of 'Honour Killing' in Germany and Britain
11 'No Place in Canada': Triumphant Discourses, Murdered Women and the 'Honour Crime'Index
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
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'.
Consciousness.
Sociology.
Criminology.
Crime—Sociological aspects.
Ethics.
Personality and Social Psychology.
Gender Studies.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Crime and Society.
Human Rights.
Ethics.