Who&apos;s policing whom? A look into the policing responses to harmful practices and the role of civic society

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Author(s): Polly Harrar

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Publication date (Print): 1 May 2021

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Polly Harrar is Founder of The Sharan Project, a registered charity (England and Wales) supporting South Asian Women in the UK who have been affected by abuse or persecution, including forced marriage, honour abuse, dowry violence, domestic abuse, disownment and cultural conflict. As a strategic leader, she is the joint Chair of the London Harmful Practices Group led by the Metropolitan Police, member of the Home Office National Oversight Group and the Forced Marriage Partnership Board within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Home Office, and an advisory member for the Women's Interfaith Network. She is a recognised Expert Witness on forced marriage and honour based abuse and has an extensive understanding of the wide range of harmful practices faced by BAME women and children, and can regularly be heard speaking on these matters at a national and local level and through mainstream media. Polly.Harrar@ 123456sharan.org.uk

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[1] Bates, L. (2020) Honor-based abuse in England and Wales: ‘Who does what to whom?‘ [online] https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1077801220952168. Accessed 13.12.2020.

[2] BBC (2011) Jack Straw criticised for ‘easy meat’ comments on abuse [online] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12142177. Accessed 14.2.21.

[3] Bowling, B., Parmar, A. and Phillips, C. (2003) Policing Ethnic Minority Communities. In Newburn, T. (ed.) Handbook of policing. Willan Publishing: Devon, UK, pp. 528–555.

[4] Dyer, E. (2015) Honour Killings in the UK. Henry Jackson Society pdf. [online] Honour-Killings-in-the-UK.pdf (henryjacksonsociety.org) Accessed 14.2.21.

[5] Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (2017) [online] https://www.iicsa.org.uk/ Accessed 14.2.21.

[6] Inquiry meets with BAME women organisations to promote the Truth Project (2017) [online] https://www.iicsa.org.uk/news/inquiry-meets-bame-women-organisations-promote-truth-project Accessed 14.2.21.

[7] Justice and Safeguarding at NTT DATA (2021) [online] https://uk.nttdata.com/documents/digital-policing-at-ntt-data.pdf Accessed 14.2.21.

[8] Le Roux, E., Bartelink, B.E. and Palm, S. (2017) What is the harm in ‘harmful traditional practices‘? [online] https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5c7d541e40f0b603d7852921/PB_What_is_the_harm_S02_18Dec17.pdf Accessed 14.2.21.

[9] Police ‘let down’ honour killing victim (2008) [online] https://www.business-live.co.uk/economic-development/police-let-down-honour-killing-3960985 Accessed 14.2.21.

[10] Reuters (2011) Straw in row over Pakistani men sex abuse comments [online] https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-straw-abuse/straw-in-row-over-pakistani-men-sex-abuse-comments-idUKTRE7071E620110108 Accessed 14.2.21.

[11] Rosenbaum, D.P. (2002) Evaluating multi-agency anticrime partnerships: Theory, design, and measurement issues. Page 178 [online] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228935598_Evaluating_multi-agency_anti-crime_partnerships_Theory_design_and_measurement_issues Accessed 14.2.21.

[12] Sentencing – Ancillary Orders (2019) The Crown Prosecution Service [online] https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/sentencing-ancillary-orders Accessed 14.2.21.

[13] The Huffington Post (2014) Tom Winsor, Chief Inspector of Constabulary, says ‘alternative’ policing is being administered in some parts of Britain [online] https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/01/18/tom-winsor-police-minorities_n_4621880.html Accessed 14.2.21.

[14] The Independent (2014) ‘Shunned, beaten, burnt, raped: The dowry violence that shames Britain’ [online] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/shunned-beaten-burnt-raped-dowry-violence-shames-britain-9803009.html Accessed 15.10.14.

[15] Thiara, R. and Gill, A.K. (2010). ‘Understanding violence against South Asian women: What it means for practice’. In R.K. Thiara & A.K. Gill (Eds.), Violence against women in South Asian Communities. Jessica Kingsley, pp. 29–54.

[16] Wodon, Q., Malé, C. and Onagoruwa, A. (2020) A simple approach to measuring the share of early childbirths likely due to child marriage in developing countries. Forum for Social Economics, 49(2), pp. 166–179.