Honour Killings and Criminal Justice: Social and Legal Challenges in Turkey

ISBN-13: 9781032173092 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 252 str.

Ferya Taş-Çifçi

Opis

This book analyses the motives behind honour-based violence in Turkey and examines the criminal justice system’s approach to this type of crime. 

Spis treści

1. Introduction; Part I: Honour killings and social challenges; 2. Conceptual analysis of honour; 3. Theoretical background of gender relations and violence against women in Turkey; 4. The social environment that exists before HBV is committed; Part II: Honour killings and legal challenges; 5. Honour killings and Turkish customary law; 6. Honour killings: The Turkish Penal Code and the criminal justice system; 7. Concluding remarks

O autorze

Ferya Taş-Çifçi is Principal Lecturer in Law and Criminal Justice and Criminology Programme Leader, University of Hertfordshire, UK.