RT Article
T1 Recognition and response: policing ‘Forced marriage’ in England
JF Policing and society
VO 31
IS 10
SP 1248
OP 1264
A1 Miles-Johnson, Toby
A2 Courtenay, Tom
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1778198775
AB Forced marriage occurs when an individual is pressured psychologically or physically into marriage. Methods to detect forced marriage are challenging for most police organisations, who are prevented from intervening due to honour-systems and cultural values; as well as ensuing physical and psychological barriers, which prevent victim reporting. Applying key components of Sellin’s (1933) Culture Conflict theory, 21 semi-structured interviews were conducted with police officers and forced marriage specialists to determine whether police are able to recognise and respond to forced marriage situations, and whether lack of awareness, understanding and training on forced marriage influences officers’ perceptions of policing of forced marriage. The findings from this study suggest that police officers are not cognisant of forced marriage and are not trained adequately in it so that awareness of forced marriage and the cultural conflict it creates forms part of their habitual investigative processes.
K1 Honour
K1 Forced Marriage
K1 Policing
K1 Police
DO 10.1080/10439463.2021.1873325