TY - GEN TY - GEN T1 - Honor Killings in the Twenty-First Century A1 - Pope, N. LA - English PP - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan YR - 2012 ED - 1st ed. 2012. UL - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/978-1-137-01266-1 AB - Thousands of women are murdered every year by close relatives for allegedly violating an unwritten social code or rebelling against the patriarchal order. The book examines the roots and evolution of honor-based violence, as well as the ongoing struggle to eradicate it worldwide. OP - 223 CN - JA1-92 SN - 9781137012661 KW - Political science. KW - Political sociology. KW - Ethnology—Middle East . KW - Crime—Sociological aspects. KW - Social justice. KW - Human rights. KW - Sociology. KW - Political Science. KW - Political Sociology. KW - Middle Eastern Culture. KW - Crime and Society. KW - Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights. KW - Gender Studies. ER -