Forced marriage

• Details
• Tagged entities

Properties

SES ID

• 91319

Notation

• 91319

In scheme

• Subject

Broader

• Marriage

Related

• Forced marriage protection orders
• Honour based violence

Scope note

• Do not confuse with Arranged marriages, which are generally consensual.

Definition

• A forced marriage is where one or both people do not (or, in the case of people with learning disabilities, can not) consent to the marriage, and pressure or abuse is used.

History note

• SN/IN added in June 2015.