Honor-Based Abuse in England and Wales: Who Does What to Whom?

Key findings are presented from an empirical study profiling 1,474 cases of honor-based abuse (HBA) known to police and victim services in England and Wales. Thematic and quantitative (regression) analyses were used to investigate whether and how HBA differed from other forms of domestic abuse and forced marriage. A new typology of HBA is proposed, based principally on the relationship(s) between victim and perpetrator(s). Interpreted within an overarching lens of gender-based violence, it is argued that Type 1 (partner abuse) and Type 3 (partner plus family abuse) are culturally specific forms of domestic abuse, whereas Type 2 (family abuse) is distinct

A moral panic? The problematization of forced marriage in British newspapers

This paper examines the British media’s construction of forced marriage as an urgent social problem in a context where other forms of violence against women are not similarly problematised. A detailed analysis of four British newspapers over a ten-year period demonstrates that media reporting of forced marriage constitutes a moral panic in that it is constructed as a cultural problem that threatens Britain’s social order rather than as a specific form of violence against women. Thus, the current problematisation of forced marriage restricts discursive spaces for policy debates and hinders attempts to respond to this problem as part of broader efforts to tackle violence against women

New Deal for musicians Report on programme leavers

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New Deal for Disabled People Evaluation: Eligible population survey, wave three

The Eligible Population Survey is designed to obtain information about those eligible and invited to take part in the New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP). The survey aims to establish the characteristics of this population, their work aspirations and their awareness of, attitudes to and involvement with NDDP. A key feature of the study is to examine factors which affect participation and non-participation in NDDP. The survey involved three waves of interviewing, and this publication reports on the findings from the third wave and, where appropriate, across all three waves. This report also incorporates the results of a qualitative study following up a subsample of the Eligible Population Survey who did not register with a Job Broker (JB) even though they had apparently made some form of contact with one. These form a sub-group of people who can be thought of as 'knowledgeable non-registrants'