This paper uses ethnographic and econometric methods to study the determinants of wife abuse in a community of potters in Southern India. The qualitative work demonstrates that wife abuse is more likely when dowries are perceived as inadequate, when husbands are alcoholic, and when the cause of the abuse is perceived as "legitimate" by the community. Hypotheses generated from the qualitative wo...

There was only a jigsaw puzzle of dry ground; A shroud of unfinished power lines dangling in silence. Shadow cows wandered over broken fence pieces, prodding memories of grass. I asked a hungry man, Where is the beautiful land I came to see? This is her legacy, he told me sadly. The legend you seek is dead. She was once virgin bride to the world. Her dowry was a sea of zebra. Her wildebeest thu...

Homicidal burning of married women in India is a major concern for the Government, law-enforcing authorities, the judiciary, the police and medico-legal experts all over the country who are associated with dowry disputes. Dowry death, a heinous crime, is gradually engulfing and polluting the entire society. Sections 304(B) and 498(A) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) have been introduced and Secti...

Due to the harmful effects of crime on society, the majority of countries in the world have drawn up plans for preventing and reducing the crime rate, and through the various institutions (governmental and nongovernmental) they let. In Iran, various organs provide services and activities for the prevention of women's delinquency, including the Khomeini Relief Committee. The present study was de...

This research deals with a topic about woman's dowry in the light of legitimate purposes one intentional scholars, Sheikh Ibn Ashour. The clarifies dowry, her portrayal, and Sharia according to Ashour, then analyzes achieves them three interests. And this has tried answer problems, most important which is nature Ashour how achieve it interests? aims know woman method an analytical desk by depic...