The Social Construction of Forced Marriage and its 'Victim' in Media Coverage and Crime Policy Discourses

Forced Marriage: Introducing a social justice and human rights perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 112-134

  Anitha, Sundari ^a   Gill, Aisha K ^b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c End Violence Against Women   (United Kingdom)

^d WNC United Nations Advisory Group   (United Kingdom)

^e Independent Police Complaints Commission   (United Kingdom)

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