Forced Marriage and 'Honour' Killings in Britain

'This is a strongly argued and passionate account of the violence some women from minority ethnic communities face in today's British society. Drawing on original empirical research, Christina Julios makes public that which is often deemed to be private. Significantly, the book moves away from an individual analysis to examine violence as the systematic violation of human rights. This is an important and timely book.' Sally Hines, University of Leeds, UK 'The book goes beyond the simplistic explanation of culture, religion and ethnicity, encompassing different contentious views, theories and approaches in dealing with this multi-layered social and political problem. It draws from a wide range of data and information provided by grassroots organizations, academic sources, media groups and official national as well as international institutions. No doubt it enriches the existing limited literature on forced marriage and honour-based violence.' Nazand Begikhani, University of Bristol, UK Julios has written an outstanding book documenting this appalling problem, and the agony of the thousands of individual victims. She is courageous and unsparing in her critique of the patriarchal attitudes which she (rightly) finds ultimately responsible. (...) I commend this book to anyone who thinks that gendered religious beliefs and behaviour are culturally innocent, or that multiculturalism has a future. Unusually accessible as a social science monograph, it is a heart-stopping exposure of violence and cruelty against (mainly but not exclusively) young women, that all people of good will must do all they can to resist. - Adrian Thatcher, Exeter