Week 4 – Discussion 1
Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.
  
 Honor   Killings 
After reading the articles, Are honor killings simply domestic violence? (Links to an external site.) and ‘Honour’ crimes are domestic abuse, plain and simple (Links to an external site.), please respond to each of the following questions:

Are honor killings simply      domestic violence?
What similarities do honor      killings have with other forms of interpersonal crime? What differences do      they exhibit?
In your opinion, what is the      best way for the criminal justice system to treat and respond to honor      killings?

Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from the required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.