RT Article
T1 Forced marriage: What do professionals know?
JF International journal of law, crime and justice
VO 67
A1 Villacampa, Carolina
A2 Torres Rosell, Nuria
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1777275458
AB The adoption of a victim-centered approach to forced marriage requires implementing measures beyond prosecution oriented at preventing it and protecting its victims. To this end, professionals need to be able to identify its victims and recognize its effects on them. This paper aims to assess professionals’ knowledge of the phenomenon, its dynamics, and its effects by presenting the findings of a qualitative research study conducted with 34 individuals in Spain. The results show that victim service providers have a broader understanding of forced marriage than criminal justice system professionals. They also indicate that the negative effects on victims vary depending on whether they submit to the forced marriage or escape from it. The study concludes with a discussion of the need to train professionals to recognize the various forms this reality may take and proposes that family-led cases be dealt with differently from those involving the sale of young women.
K1 Forced Marriage
K1 Qualitative Research
K1 Professional knowledge
K1 professional training
K1 Victim support services
K1 Criminal Justice System