Honour Based Crimes and the Law: Defining the Limits of Honour Based Violence and Abuse

Honour based violence and abuse manifests itself in different forms, and this book offers a comprehensive understanding of this phenomenon.

This book argues that the limits of honour crimes must be defined more widely so that they include conducts and behaviours that originate from the patriarchal notion of honour, such as honour based oppression and breast ironing. The book provides a critical analysis and synthesis of the law in England and Wales and in the international human rights sphe...