EXCESSIVE CONTROL OF IMMIGRANT GIRLS VICTIMS OF HONOUR-BASED VIOLENCE IN QUÉBEC
Honour-based violence (HBV), including excessive control, is multiple forms of violence mainly committed against women and young girls. This violence calls into question traditional values linked to codes of honour. Although there is no recognized universal definition of excessive control, workers know how to recognize it in the field. Moreover, in 2016, for the first time, the Quebec legislator added excessive control to the list of psychological mistreatment explicitly recognized by the Youth Protection Act. This research aims to understand the problem of HBV, in particular excessive control, its manifestations as well as its psychological and behavioral consequences on adolescent girls with immigrant backgrounds in Quebec. The results presented in this contribution are the result of analyzes carried out in the field. They represent both cases reported in the Director of Youth Protection (DYP) and decisions of the Youth Division of the Court of Quebec concerning the excessive control of minors. The results also come from interviews carried out with workers, managers and teenagers at the Youth Protection Department (DPJ) of Direction de la protection de la jeunesse (DPJ) du Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (CCSMTL). All with the ultimate goal of better detecting and intervening with young people of immigrant origin who are victims of excessive control in the context of VBH.