CRM 2307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Honor Killing, Social Protection
24 Apr 2016
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The family members of the offending woman typically see her slaughter as the only solution to the taint on their family honour. Each family that chooses to act on that perceived obligation approaches the situation differently. Male family members (husband, father, or brother) are often the perpetrators. [however, males are not the only family members involved]. The immediately surrounding community may enforce an honour killing. The chosen circumstances of honour killings vary widely and often by region: hacking the victim to pieces with axes and hatchets, shooting the victim, it"s very related to controlling women"s sexuality. Many of the cases are carried out in public. Government responses to the acts are complex and often inconsistent. Social protection or lack thereof also varies widely in each community. The collective nature of the crime: where many members of an extended family participate in the act. [in some cases, this may be formal and organized where a family council" is held].
