This book examines the different forms that honour-based abuse crimes take and analyses the discretionary police practices employed when responding to these inc

Honor-based violence (HBV) is a crime committed to protect or defend the honor of a family and/or a community. It is usually triggered by the victim‘s behavio

This book examines the different forms that honour-based abuse crimes take and analyses the discretionary police practices employed when responding to these inc

’Honour'-based violence is a form of intimate violence committed against women (and some men) by husbands, fathers, brothers and male relatives. A very common

In the last 20 years, the related phenomena of honour-based violence and forced marriages have received increasing attention at the international and European l