![]() | Honour Killings and Criminal Justice: Social and Legal Challenges in Turkey Subjects: Area Studies; Law; Social Sciences; Gender Studies; Middle East Studies; Criminal Law & Practice; Family Child & Social Welfare Law; Human Rights Law & Civil Liberties; Socio-Legal Studies; Gender Studies - Soc Sci; Criminology - Law; Sociology & Social Policy; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Crime and Society; Criminal Justice - Criminology; Cultural Criminology; Socio-Legal Studies - Gender & Sexuality; Gender Studies; Sociology of the Family; Criminal Justice; Violent Crime; Criminology and Law; Political Sociology; 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 tradition. It also examines how the legal system deals with this phenomenon, focusing on the decisions of the criminal courts in honour killing cases and drawing on prisoner interviews. These analyses show the extent to which the State follows a patriarchal approach when dealing with honour killings and inform recommendations for improving the legal and criminal justice system so as to deter crimes of this nature.
Ferya Taş-Çifçi is Principal Lecturer in Law and Criminal Justice and Criminology Programme Leader, University of Hertfordshire, UK. |
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