Female Honor Killing: The Role of Age and Marital Status
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University of Haifa
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University of Haifa Israel
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University of Haifa Israel
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Western Galilee College Israel
Abstract
Given that most studies on femicide were conducted in Western societies, there is still a need to study the phenomenon among diverse sociocultural contexts, particularly in traditional communities within non-Western contexts. This study focuses on identifying possible risk factors for female honor killing (FHK). A total of 102 cases involving the main Arab subgroups in Israel—Muslim Arabs and Christian Arabs—were analyzed from an 11-year period. Study findings note intriguing diversity in femicide risk factors. Commonly considered risk factors previously noted in Western societies’ studies, such as prior domestic violence and being in an intimate relationship, were not significant in FHK cases. Instead, being unmarried and older than 30 were found to be associated with increased risks of FHK. These findings suggest a need for further exploration of sociocultural diversity in femicide risk factors.
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Author Biographies
Dr. Hava Dayan is a senior lecturer in the School of Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa. She conducts research in the fields of crime, criminal law, and society, with a particular focus on homicide, including the experiences of victims and offenders, as well as the socioethnic dimensions of such crimes. Dr Dayan published extensively on femicide’s various aspects in leading academic journals and her books on femicide are so far, the only criminolegal books covering various criminal and legal aspects of the phenomenon, worldwide.
Guy Enosh, PhD, is a senior lecturer at the School of Social Work, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, the University of Haifa.
Khalid Ghanayim is an associate Professor at the faculty of law University of Haifa. His research focuses on substantive criminal law, such as the structure and elements of the criminal offence, the criminal law defences, homicide offences.He is the co-author of several books, such as Libel Law (2nd ed., 2017), the Law of Sedition (1996), the Law of Incitement (1996), Offences against the State (2008) and The Law of Homicide (2017).
Nir Rozmann, PhD, is a senior lecturer at the Department of Criminology, Western Galilee College, Acre, Israel.