Honour Based Violence

Question 0

Profile of a typical victim

Answer 0

Women
15-25 years but not exclusively: from beginning of sexuality to established marriage
Hard to tell if it was suicide or honour based killing because of how the family frame it

Question 1

Main perpetrators of HBV?

Answer 1

Family

Often responding to community pressures

Question 2

A key motivator of HBV

Answer 2

Family’s reputation! Not about punishment and morality, but reputation

Question 3

Factors making you at risk to HBV?

Answer 3

Refusing arranged marriage
Reporting to the police
Pre marital sex
Extra marital sex
Involvement with certain groups

Question 4

Is HBV connected to religion?

Answer 4

No

Question 5

Policing impacts for protection:

Answer 5

Quick identification
Liaison and referral with social services, police, NGOs
Capacity gauging and development of protection plans, upto and including change of identity and dispersal into safe areas

Question 6

Policing impacts for detection:

Answer 6

Innovative techniques to break family solidarity, including high tech surveillance
Prosecution of ALL conspirators, not just those involved in direct violence
Investigation of missing persons, suspicious suicides and accidental deaths

Question 7

Main differences between HBV and DV

Answer 7

HBV family and report before assault

DV often partners and report after assault

Question 8

What fraction of police don’t record HBV separately?

Answer 8

1/5

Question 9

What fraction of HBV use contract killers?

Answer 9

1/8 - higher than for DV, despite HBV being much more rare