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[email protected] Women Are Like Silk and Men Are Like Gold: A Cross-country Comparison of Institutional Responses to Honor Violence By Alana M. Henninger, M.A. A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Criminal Justice in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy The City University of New York 2015 © 2015 ALANA MICHELE HENNINGER All Rights Reserved ii The manuscript has been read and accepted for the Graduate Faculty in Criminal Justice in satisfaction of the Dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Michael Maxfield, Ph.D. __________________ ________________________________________ Date Chair of Examining Committee Deborah Koetzle, Ph.D. __________________ _________________________________________ Date Executive Officer Ric Curtis, Ph.D. Hung-En Sung, Ph.D. Supervisory Committee THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK iii ABSTRACT Women Are Like Silk and Men Are Like Gold: A Cross-country Comparison of Institutional Responses to Honor Violence By Alana M. Henninger Advisor: Dr. Michael Maxfield Over the past decade, a specific form of interpersonal violence known as honor violence has drawn international attention because it has been increasingly reported in immigrant communities in western countries.