1st Edition
Honour Killings and Criminal Justice Social and Legal Challenges in Turkey
By Ferya Taş-Çifçi
Copyright 2020
252 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
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Despite recent reforms to the Turkish Penal Code, the country retains a high level of honour-based violence. This book analyses the motives behind honour-based violence in Turkey and examines the criminal justice system’s approach to this type of crime. The work takes a socio-legal approach to explore the concepts of honour, patriarchy, and hierarchy, along with the roles of culture and... Read more
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
Biography
Ferya Taş-Çifçi is Principal Lecturer in Law and Criminal Justice and Criminology Programme Leader, University of Hertfordshire, UK.
