Artikel
A civil rather than criminal offence? : forced marriage, harm and the politics of multiculturalism in the UK
Verfasst von:
Quek, Kaye
in:
The British journal of politics & international relations
Oxford:
2013
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626 - 646 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Ariadne | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Quek, Kaye |
| In: | The British journal of politics & international relations |
| Jahr: | 2013 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| This article examines the preference for civil, rather than criminal, measures that has emerged as the favoured policy approach for dealing with forced marriage in Britain. In particular, the article considers why, following much public and parliamentary debate, the option to criminalise forced marriage was rejected by UK lawmakers. It suggests that one explanation for this approach is the influence that multiculturalism, as a set of political ideals, has had on British policy on forced marriage in recent years. The article also identifies as significant the limited conception of the harms of forced marriage apparent in much UK government discourse, which fails to identify the practice principally as a form of violence against women, and therefore as a custom that should be subject to criminal legislation. It draws on a critical feminist analysis of UK government papers and policy initiatives dealing with forced marriage during the period of 1999–2007, in order to make this case. It concludes by raising the question of whether, in adopting a civil remedy approach, the state may be affording some women less protection of their human rights than others. | |
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