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33.1. Introduction 33.1. Introduction
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33.2. Honor Killings: Ideal Type and Divergent Realities 33.2. Honor Killings: Ideal Type and Divergent Realities
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33.3. Explanations 33.3. Explanations
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33.4. Honor Killings in the Maghreb Region and Western and Central Asian Countries 33.4. Honor Killings in the Maghreb Region and Western and Central Asian Countries
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33.5. Honor Killings in Industrialized Countries 33.5. Honor Killings in Industrialized Countries
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33.6. A Distinct Type or Another Facet of Gendered Violence? 33.6. A Distinct Type or Another Facet of Gendered Violence?
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33.7. Criminal Justice Reforms 33.7. Criminal Justice Reforms
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33.8. Conclusion 33.8. Conclusion
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Note Note
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33 Honor Killings
Get accessDietrich Oberwittler is a Senior Researcher in Sociology at the University of Freiburg and Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law.
Julia Kasselt is a PhD candidate at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law.
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Published:01 July 2014
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Abstract
Honor killings are an extreme type of gendered domestic violence, with peculiar characteristics related to the social and cultural traditions of tribal, patriarchal societies. The killings are motivated by the goal to restore a family’s collective reputation that has been damaged by the victim’s violation of very strict norms regulating female sexuality, and they are viewed by the assailants as a legitimate punishment, often condoned by local communities and tolerated by state agencies. While the paradigmatic honor killing is the murder of a young woman by her male relatives, intimate-partner homicides are often included in definitions of the crime, as are cases with male victims. Pakistan, Arabian countries, and Turkey are reported to have the highest number of cases, but reliable statistics are lacking. This essay gives an overview of the current state of research on honor killings in the Maghreb region, in western and central Asian countries, as well as in industrialized countries; offers an explanation of the crime focusing on macro-level societal factors; and reflects on the controversial question of whether honor killings are distinct from other forms of violence against women. The legal provisions permitting an exceedingly lenient treatment of assailants in many of the most affected countries are examined, and the prospects for current criminal justice reforms that play a key role in the fight against honor killings are assessed.
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