{"product_id":"honour-violence-women-and-islam-mohammad-mazher-idriss-9780415565424","title":"Honour, Violence, Women and Islam","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy are honour killings and honour-related violence (HRV) so important to understand? What do such crimes represent? And how does HRV fit in with Western views and perceptions of Islam? This distinctively comparative collection examines the concept of HRV against women in general and Muslim women in particular. The issue of HRV has become a sensitive subject in many South Asian and Middle Eastern countries and it has received the growing attention of the media, human rights groups and academics around the globe. However, the issue has yet to receive detailed academic study in the United Kingdom, particularly in terms of both legal and sociological research. This collection sets out the theoretical and ethical parameters of the study of HRV in order to address this intellectual vacuum in a socio-legal context. The key objectives of this book are: to construct, and to develop further, a theory of HRV; to rationalise and characterise the different forms of HRV; to investigate the role of religion, race and class in society within this context, in particular, the role of Islam; to scrutinise the role of the civil\/criminal law\/justice systems in preventing these crimes; and to inform public policy-makers of the potential policies that may be employed in combating HRV.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mohammad Mazher Idriss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415565421\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415565424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge Cavendish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2010 pg. 167","brand":"Mohammad Mazher Idriss","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064934183167,"sku":"9780415565424","price":210.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0ab2fb5b-4dd9-486d-af95-47f2fb360fc3.jpg?v=1768672020","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/honour-violence-women-and-islam-mohammad-mazher-idriss-9780415565424","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}