Honor crimes are extremely violent cultural practices against women in general, and women in the Arab region in particular, culminating in murder by a male family member. The notion that religion, mainly Islam, enforces honor crimes is a misconception. Honor crimes are committed when a woman shames her family by having a premarital sexual relationship, an adulterous affair, other “inappropriate” behavior, or simply by being accused of such. Many families deal with this covertly by choosing a male family member, usually the brother, father, or uncle, to “cleanse” the family’s honor. In this paper we offer a descriptive analysis of cultural contingencies that maintain honor crimes as a cultural practice using the country of Jordan as a case study. The description of Jordan’s cultural milieu allows the identification of selected metacontingencies participating in the recurrence of this cultural practice. We will conclude with several recommendations on how to alter the number of aspects in the cultural milieu that may change how individuals within the Jordanian culture perceive honor crimes.

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约旦哈希姆王国荣誉犯罪的元偶然性和宏观偶然性分析

名誉犯罪是针对一般妇女，尤其是阿拉伯地区妇女的极其暴力的文化习俗，最终导致男性家庭成员谋杀。认为宗教，主要是伊斯兰教，强制执行名誉犯罪的观点是一种误解。名誉犯罪是指女性因婚前性关系、通奸、其他“不当”行为或仅仅被指控而羞辱她的家庭。许多家庭通过选择男性家庭成员（通常是兄弟、父亲或叔叔）来暗中处理这个问题，以“净化”家庭的荣誉。在本文中，我们以约旦国为案例研究，对将名誉犯罪作为一种文化实践进行维护的文化偶然性进行了描述性分析。约旦文化环境的描述允许识别参与这种文化实践重现的选定的元偶然事件。最后，我们将就如何改变文化环境中可能改变约旦文化中个人对名誉犯罪的看法的几个方面提出几项建议。