A systematic review of the research literature on honor killings in the Middle East and North
Africa (MENA) indicates a paucity of studies relative to the presumed magnitude of the …

ABSTRACT A growing literature in social and cultural psychology has examined cultures of
honour primarily focusing on southern states in the United States and on Mediterranean …

Between 1945 and 2005, nation-states around the world revised their criminal laws on
sexual activities. This global reform wave—across countries and domains of sexual activity …

Turkish Metal journeys deep into the heart of the Turkish heavy metal scene, uncovering the
emergence, evolution, and especially the social implications of this controversial musical …

Occurring in a broad range of non-western and western countries, violence committed
against women in the name of family honor has been viewed in several ways, including as a …

Gender differences in the perception of honour killing were investigated in two countries,
both traditionally considered honour cultures but with differing degrees of individualism and …

Human Insecurity is concerned with our refusal to confront the millions of avoidable deaths
of women and children each year. Those missing millions are rarely the subject of …

“Honor”-based violence (HBV) is increasingly recognized as form of violence against
women and girls, but is neither fully conceptualized nor integrated into risk management …

A large, nationally representative, cross-sectional survey was conducted in Turkey in 2008.
In this survey, which used the WHO (World Health Organization) study module on violence …

Western secular laws were transplanted to Turkey in the Ottoman times, about 100 years
before the proclamation of the Turkish Republic in 1923. The secularization of laws in the …