▁and ▁that ▁this ▁lack ▁of ▁evidence ▁was ▁" part icular ly ▁marked ▁in ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁Iran ian ▁and ▁Kur d ish ▁communities , ▁where ▁the ▁inc idence ▁of ▁honor ▁cr imes ▁is ▁increasing ". ▁ ▁A ▁report ▁published ▁by ▁the ▁Centre ▁for ▁G ender ▁and ▁Vi ol ence ▁Research ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Br istol ▁and ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Ro e ham pton ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁notes ▁that ▁" it ▁is ▁important ▁to ▁recognize ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁possible ▁to ▁associate ▁honour - based ▁violence ▁with ▁one ▁particular ▁religion ... or ▁culture ", ▁but ▁also ▁con cludes ▁that ▁"[ h ] on our - based ▁violence ▁remains ▁pre val ent ▁in ▁Kur d ish ▁communities ▁in ▁different ▁locations ", ▁including ▁the ▁UK . ▁The ▁report ▁finds ▁that ▁" the ▁patri arch al ▁or ▁male - domin ated ▁values ▁that ▁under pin ▁these ▁communities ▁often ▁conflict ▁with ▁the ▁values , ▁and ▁even ▁laws , ▁of ▁main stream ▁UK ▁society . ▁This ▁makes ▁it ▁particularly ▁hard ▁for ▁second ▁or ▁third ▁generation ▁women ▁to ▁define ▁their ▁own ▁values ... Inst ances ▁of ▁H B V ▁[ hon our - based ▁violence ] ▁often ▁result ▁from ▁conflic ting ▁att itudes ▁towards ▁life ▁and ▁family ▁codes ". ▁Ban az ▁Mah mod , ▁a ▁ 2 0 - year - old ▁Ira qi ▁Kur d ▁woman ▁from ▁Mitch am , ▁south ▁London , ▁was ▁killed ▁ ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁in ▁a ▁murder ▁orch estr ated ▁by ▁her ▁father , ▁uncle ▁and