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Descriptor English: Honor-Based Violence
Descriptor Spanish: Violencia Basada en el Honor
Descriptor violencia basada en el honor
Entry term(s) asesinato de honor
crimen de honor
crímenes de honor
Scope note: Crimen contra un familiar que los autores justifican o han justificado para proteger el honor de la familia. Las víctimas pueden ser niños o adultos de cualquier sexo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Violência Baseada na Honra
Descriptor French: Without translation
Entry term(s): Crime, Honor
Crimes, Honor
Honor Based Violence
Honor Crime
Honor Crimes
Honor Killing
Honor Killings
Killing, Honor
Killings, Honor
Violence, Honor-Based
Tree number(s): I01.198.240.856.350.570
I01.198.240.856.463.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000096242
Scope note: Crimes against a family member which are, or have been, justified by the perpetrators to protect the honor of the family. The targets may be children or adults of either gender.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
EH ethnology
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PC prevention & control
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 2024
History Note: 2024
DeCS ID: 60474
Unique ID: D000096242
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2024/01/01
Date of Entry: 2023/07/26
Revision Date: 2023/05/24
Honor-Based Violence - Preferred
Concept UI M000763565
Scope note Crimes against a family member which are, or have been, justified by the perpetrators to protect the honor of the family. The targets may be children or adults of either gender.
Preferred term Honor-Based Violence
Entry term(s) Honor Based Violence
Violence, Honor-Based
Honor Crimes - Broader
Concept UI M000761877
Preferred term Honor Crimes
Entry term(s) Crime, Honor
Crimes, Honor
Honor Crime
Honor Killing - Narrower
Concept UI M000761878
Preferred term Honor Killing
Entry term(s) Honor Killings
Killing, Honor
Killings, Honor



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