Number of cases of honor-related violence continues to rise
NL TimesThe number of cases involving honor-related violence increased by 8 percent last year, Wilfred Janmaat, head of the police’s expertise center on this form of violence, told EenVandaag. According to Janmaat, there is an increase in honor-related violence among people “who have not lived in the Netherlands for very long.” These incidents most often occur among Netherlands residents with a Syrian, Turkish, Moroccan, or Afghan background. And then such a woman can really be in danger.” According to both Janmaat and Brekelman, honor-related violence requires a different approach than domestic violence because the perpetrator is the whole family instead of one man. With domestic violence “there is usually only one perpetrator and then you can, for example, give the father or brother a restraining order,” Janmaat said.
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