Myndighedernes håndtering af borgere som fastholdes i nikah-ægteskaber: Myndighedernes møde med parallelle retssamfund, kollektivt organiseret social kontrol og internaliserede forestillinger om "en retskaffen kvinde"
Oversat titel
The authorities' handling of citizens who are kept in nikah marriages: The authorities' encounter with parallel legal societies, collectively organized social control and internalized notions of "a virtuous woman"
Forfatter
Rasmussen, Emilie Mejer
Semester
4. semester
Uddannelse
Udgivelsesår
2026
Afleveret
2026-05-30
Antal sider
79
Resumé
Captivation in nikah-marriages is a complex conflict, rooted in collective honour culture and negative social control committed by parallel legal societies. This thesis explores how the Danish authorities meet and handle the structural challenges, that the parallel legal society, honour culture and negative social control purposes, when handling cases about women in nikah-captivation. The study is based on 5 semi-structured interviews with representatives of relevant authorities. The findings reveal that the victim’s emotional state, breaking from social norms and subcultural identity, directly affects her power of action. This power of action determines how- and if the authorities can intervene. This study finds that the surrounding parallel legal society confines the victim, through restricting her from legal consciousness, supervising and limiting her contact to the authorities, and labeling the decisions of the authorities as illegitimate. Therefore, the authorities need specialized knowledge and governance-networks, in order to overcome the social power of the parallel legal society. However, these conditions are limited by geographical fluctuations, unclear liability arrangements and limited resources in general, which creates structural challenges. This thesis concludes, that captivation in nikah-marriages must be solved through a systematic effort, that combines criminal, social and security measures. In order to address both the individual dynamics of violence, and the collective norm systems in which the captivation is rooted.
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