Can Honor Killings Be Explained With the Concept of Social Death? Reinterpreting Social Psychological Evidence

DOĞAN R.

HOMICIDE STUDIES, cilt.24, sa.2, ss.127-150, 2020 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/1088767919827344
  • Dergi Adı: HOMICIDE STUDIES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, Criminal Justice Abstracts, Political Science Complete, Psycinfo, Sociological abstracts, Violence & Abuse Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.127-150
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

This article uses the concept of social death to explore the experiences and motivations of perpetrators of honor killings in light of social psychological evidence. This analysis then seeks an explanation for some honor killing cases where ostracism or extreme social exclusion of the perpetrator has preceded the murder. I argue that in some honor killing cases, extreme rejection and exclusion may lead the individual to feel that he or she has no choice but to seek validation or approval through killing to be re-included and recognized by the community and family.