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Abstract: This article examines the subjective experiences of South Asian women in the United Kingdom who have suffered domestic violence, and identifies some of the risk factors for domestic violence within this community. The study, based on in‐depth interviews with 18 Asian women, describes and analyses several aspects of domestic violence in relation to South Asian women. The guiding research questions are: how do Asian women interpret their experiences of domestic violence, and to whom do they report it? This article presents data that suggest that abusive acts against Asian women arise out of a multiplicity of cultural circumstances influenced by power relations. Abusive acts are not therefore limited to a single characteristic, such as physical abuse, or to a particular relationship. Recurrent themes emerge from the women's accounts, revealing their definitions of domestic violence and showing how some continue to play down the levels of violence they experience.The article voices the concerns of and hardships experienced by victims and survivors of domestic violence, in their own words. Finally, the article offers an analysis of the ways in which notions of honour and shame are used both as tools to constrain women's self‐determination and independence, and as catalysts for domestic violence when these notions of family and community are challenged by women.

This interdisciplinary collection provides a compelling analysis of the practices and beliefs that lead to violence against women, men and children in the name of 'honour', with a range of international insights from criminology, psychology, law and history. The volume advances legal and theoretical debates through the analysis of established research and presents new evidence and insights, addressing key questions such as: What psychological processes are relevant in the motivation of honour violence? Under what historical circumstances, and through what strategies, have honourable masculinity and violence been dissociated? Can honour be reconceptualised in ways that challenge violent practices justified in its name? By locating 'honour' killing and 'honour' based violence within and beyond debates on violence against women and girls, this collection offers recommendations to inform both theory and practice, making this an essential resource for teachers and students, health professionals, police officers, lawyers, social workers, policy-makers, and activists working against gendered forms of violence.

This paper argues that there is a need for a healthy independent specialist women's refuge sector to address the housing needs of black minority ethnic and refugee (BMER) women. It will consider barriers to equal access that BMER women have and how they could be addressed by specialist services. The paper examines how housing inequality creates additional barriers for BMER women fleeing domestic violence, and provides arguments for the way in which specialist services address inequality from the perspective of race, class and gender. The primary research provides a snapshot of the impact that the lack of access to provision has for BMER women. A case is made for a strengthened independent specialist sector as a way to address the housing needs of women who flee domestic violence. Key recommendations are identified on how housing policies, practices and service provision can be strengthened.

Abstract: This article considers the role of feminist community activism and academic research in the context of contemporary crime reduction policy. We draw upon experiences and knowledge gained from our involvement in comprehensive evaluation studies of community responses to domestic violence against women (in two areas of the South East of England) completed in 1996 and in 2004, before and after the present government's crime reduction initiatives. We consider the perils and prospects for academic 'experts' and feminist activists, of the increased emphasis on 'what works' in crime reduction, and the development of new technologies of control, especially in the areas of risk management and performance and monitoring.

1. Introduction -- 2. Epistemic injustice: Racially marginalised adult survivors of child sexual abuse -- 3. Understanding the experiences of British South Asian male survivors of child sexual abuse -- 4. Maternal Mimesis: The impact of intersectional abuse on African-Caribbean British maternal responses to 'tellings' of child sexual abuse by daughters -- 5. 'Preserving what for whom?': Female victims' perspectives on the silence behind sexual abuse in Britain's South Asian communities -- 6. Survivors speak up: Improving police responses to sexual abuse cases in Black and racially minoritised communities -- 7. Institutional responses to child sexual abuse in ethnic minority communities -- 8. Addressing harmful sexual behaviours among children and young people: Definitional and regulatory tensions -- 9. He didn't want any of that: Considerations in the study and theorization of Black boys' sexual victimization in the United States -- 10. Child sexual abuse in Latinx populations in the United States: An examination of cultural influences -- 11. Truth, trauma and healing: Stories of Aboriginal survivors of child sexual abuse in out-of-home care -- 12. The blurred line: Balancing the treatment of personality disorders, personal trauma, and cultural trauma among individuals who have sexually offended -- 13. "Pussy power"? Reflecting on research practice with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander men who have offended sexually.

Child sexual abuse (CSA) is believed to affect one in eight children worldwide (UNICEF, 2020). This authoritative book challenges widely-held problematic beliefs about CSA and discusses societal responses and attitudes to survivors. It brings together multidisciplinary expertise from key researchers and practitioners around the world to better understand CSA in Black and racially minoritised communities and to provide recommendations for improving legal, policy and practical responses. It provides an international overview, covering theory, practice and policy and action-oriented research to determine how countries can individually and collectively work to prevent CSA with specific, vulnerable groups and in general. It also examines how intersectional marginalisation affects experiences of, and responses to, CSA. This essential body of work is thoroughly researched and includes first hand testimony which will deepen the understanding of students, academics, policy-makers and professionals including social workers, service staff and activists working at the frontline. Professor Aisha K. Gill Ph.D. CBE is Professor of Criminology at the University of Bristol, UK. She has been involved in addressing the problem of violence against women and children, 'honour' crimes, forced marriage, sexual abuse and femicidal violence at the grassroots/activist level for 23 years. She is Co-Chair of End Violence Against Women Coalition, a network that campaigns to end all forms of violence against women. She also sat on the 2021 CEDAW Peoples Tribunal hearings into womens rights in the United Kingdom. Dr Hannah Begum is Research and Evaluation Officer at the Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse, UK. Her current ESRC funded project explores the impact of Covid-19 on minority Muslim communities in Birmingham. Her research interests lie broadly in the fields of victimology, child sexual abuse and the experiences of Black and minoritised communities in the criminal justice system. Chapter 7 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Understanding forced marriage : definitions and realities /Geetanjali Gangoli [and others] --Reconceptualising consent and coercion within an intersectional understanding of forced marriage /Sundari Anitha, Aisha K. Gill --Forced marriage : the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act 1998 /Shazia Choudhry --Border control to prevent forced marriages : choosing between protecting women and protecting the nation /Anja Bredal --The social construction of forced marriage and its 'victim' in media coverage and crime policy discourses /Sundari Anitha, Aisha K. Gill --Forced marriage legislation in the UK : a critique /Aisha K. Gill, Sundari Anitha --The law, the courts and their effectiveness /Teertha Gupta, Khatun Sapnara --The practice of law-making and the problem of forced marriage : what is the role of the Muslim Arbitration Tribunal? /Samia Bano --Constructing victims, construing credibility : forced marriage, Pakistani women and the UK asylum process /Marzia Balzani --'Wayward girls' and 'well-wisher parents' : habeas corpus, women's rights to personal liberty, consent to marriage and the Bangladeshi courts /Sara Hossain.

Our article seeks to understand the contours of what has been termed a 'dual pandemic' in the UK: twin crises of increasing domestic violence and abuse (DVA) alongside the spread of COVID-19, both of which have disproportionately affected Black and minoritised communities. Our article draws upon the perspectives of 26 practitioners who provide specialist DVA services for Black and minoritised women and girls in England and Wales. Based on interviews with these practitioners, we explore the nature and patterns of the DVA which their Black and minoritised women clients experienced during the pandemic. Our findings highlight the pandemic-related risks and challenges that lead to specific manifestations of DVA within Black and minoritised communities and reveal the practice and policy landscape of the 'by and for' DVA sector during the pandemic and beyond.