Bride burning information

Bride burning is a form of domestic violence practiced in countries located on or around the Indian subcontinent. A form of dowry death, bride-burning occurs when a woman is murdered by her husband or his family for her family's refusal to pay additional dowry. The wife is typically doused with kerosene, gasoline, or other flammable liquid, and set alight, leading to death by burning.^[1]^[2] Kerosene is often used as the cooking fuel for small petrol stoves, some of which are dangerous, so it allows the claim that the crime was an accident. It is most common in India and has been a major problem there since at least 1993.^[3]

Bride burning has been recognized as an important problem in India,^[4] accounting for around 2,500^{[failed verification]} deaths per year in the country.^[4] In 1995, Time magazine reported that dowry deaths in India increased from around 400 a year in the early 1980s to around 5,800 a year by the middle of the 1990s.^[5] A year later, CNN ran a story saying that police receive more than 2,500 reports of bride burning every year.^[6] According to Indian National Crime Record Bureau, there were 1,948 convictions and 3,876 acquittals in dowry death cases in 2008.^[7]

^ Ash, Lucy (16 July 2003). "India's dowry deaths". BBC. Retrieved 30 July 2007.
^ Lakhani, Avnita (2005). "Bride-burning: the "elephant in the room" is out of control". Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal. 5 (2): 249–298. pdf.
^ "Brideburning claims hundreds in India – CNN". Articles.cnn.com. 18 August 1996. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b Kumar, Virendra; Kanth, Sarita (December 2004). "Bride burning". The Lancet. 364 (special issue): 18–19. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17625-3. PMID 15967137. S2CID 32625512.
^ Pratap, Anita (11 September 1995). "Killed by greed and oppression". Time. Vol. 146, no. 11.
^ Rahman, Maseeh (27 February 2001). "Indian Society Needs To Change". Time. Archived from the original on 12 March 2007.
^ Disposal of Cases by Courts (PDF). National Crime Records Bureau, India. 16 January 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2011.

[autogenerated2003-1] Ash, Lucy (16 July 2003). "India's dowry deaths". BBC. Retrieved 30 July 2007.

[Bride_Burning-2] Lakhani, Avnita (2005). "Bride-burning: the "elephant in the room" is out of control". Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal. 5 (2): 249–298. pdf.

[3] "Brideburning claims hundreds in India – CNN". Articles.cnn.com. 18 August 1996. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.

[Kumar-4] Kumar, Virendra; Kanth, Sarita (December 2004). "Bride burning". The Lancet. 364 (special issue): 18–19. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17625-3. PMID 15967137. S2CID 32625512.

[Pratap-5] Pratap, Anita (11 September 1995). "Killed by greed and oppression". Time. Vol. 146, no. 11.

[CNN1996-6] Rahman, Maseeh (27 February 2001). "Indian Society Needs To Change". Time. Archived from the original on 12 March 2007.

[ncrb-7] Disposal of Cases by Courts (PDF). National Crime Records Bureau, India. 16 January 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2011.

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