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    Forced marriages - the need for criminalisation?

    Idriss, MM (2015) Forced marriages - the need for criminalisation? Criminal Law Review, 9. pp. 687-703. ISSN 0011-135X

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    Abstract

    Sections 120 and 121 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (‘the 2014 Act’) make it a criminal offence to breach a Forced Marriage Protection Order (FMPO) and to force a person into marriage. This paper will examine the arguments for and against the policy to criminalise forced marriages. While forced marriages are wrong and violate human rights, the 2014 Act may do little to prevent them because victims may be reluctant to see family members prosecuted. While, symbolically, criminalisation is welcomed because it makes a strong declaration that forced marriages are unacceptable, what is notably absent are strategies on prevention.

    Item Type: Article
    Peer-reviewed: Yes
    Date Deposited: 16 Mar 2017 08:58
    Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell
    Additional Information: This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Criminal Law Review following peer review. The definitive published version, Criminal Law Review 2015, 9, 687-703, is available online on Westlaw UK or from Thomson Reuters DocDel service .
    Divisions: Faculties > Business and Law
    Subject terms: 1801 Law, Criminology
    URI: https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/617352
    ISSN 0011-135X

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