Lives at risk: Multiculturalism, young women and ‘honour’ killings

Growing up with Risk

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 149-164

  Meetoo, Veena ^a   Mirza, Heidi Safia ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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