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This book is about harmful traditional practices: damaging and often violent acts which include female genital mutilation, forced marriage, honour killings and abuse, breast ironing, witchcraft and faith-based abuse. Often targeting women and young girls, these practices are often justified on spurious religious or traditional grounds but are all forms of abuse. Roberts, Campbell and Sarkaria have backgrounds in psychology, policing and law and have spent many years working at the forefront of attempts to end these practices. Harmful Traditional Practices is therefore a uniquely pragmatic book which aims to inform readers about these acts while identifying the best approaches towards ending and prosecuting against them.
List of contents
1. Introduction.- 2. Honour Based Abuse And Violence.- 3 Female Genital Mutilation.- 4. Forced Marriage.- 5. Child And Early Forced Marriage (CEFM).- 6. Breast Ironing.- 7. Witchcraft, Spirit Possession And Belief-Based Abuse.- 8. Other Harmful Traditional Practices.- 9. Police Investigation Of Harmful Traditional Practices.- 10. Prosecuting Cases Of Harmful Traditional Practices.- 11. Alternative Dispute Resolution.- 12. Overview And Conclusion.
About the author
Karl A. Roberts is a consultant for the World Health Organisation, and Professor and Chair of Policing and Criminal Justice at The University of Western Sydney in Sydney, Australia. He is a Forensic Psychologist and has published extensively on violence prevention and Harmful traditional practices. He Is accepted as an expert witness in the UK and Australia and works extensively as a consultant with police, health and various NGOs.
Gerry Campbell MBE is a former Scotland Yard Detective Chief Superintendent and deputy national policing lead for Honour Based Abuse, Forced Marriage and FGM. He works with and is an advisor to regional, national and international governments, UN Women, law enforcement agencies, Justice & legal authorities and NGOs.
Neelam Sarkaria is a UK-based barrister, former prosecutor and senior policy official with extensive experience of gender-based violence (GBV), criminal justice policy development and rule of law development in the UK and internationally. She is now supporting UN agencies as an independent criminal justice and GBV expert, and works globally to develop the rule of law.
