Women's bodies between passion and honour. Why the German Criminal Code needs to integrate a gender-specific qualifying characteristic in the criminal section for homicide
The legal discourse and practice regarding the killing of women in Germany was for a long time – even after the Istanbul Convention took effect in 2018 – constructed around a biased perception of the perpetrator and the hegemonic dichotomy of German Leitkultur versus non-European values of ‘migrants...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2025
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International journal of law, crime and justice
Year: 2025, Volume: 83, Pages: 1-10 |
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