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Book Review: Women incarceration and human rights violations: Feminist criminology and corrections

Book Review: Women incarceration and human rights violations: Feminist criminology and corrections 274 Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work 30(2) Indian property rights laws overwhelmingly favor the institution of marriage and women whose marriages are disrupted are at a distinct disadvantage, economically and socially. This book challenges India’s advocates and policy makers to revisit and amend existing property rights policies in favor of a growing number of divorced and separated women. The author pro- vides a list of recommendations including enactment of laws allowing women to gain 50% of couple’s marital wealth upon divorce. In addition, to assist single women with young children whose spouses/ex-spouses are poor and without much property to distribute, the author recom- mends expanding state responsibilities toward such women. This book is timely and valuable, given the prevalence of spousal violence against women within marriage and the rising trend in divorce and separation in India. Only a few social scientists in India, like Bina Agarwal (in her book, A Field of One’s Own), have explored this topic in detail. This book complements the existing literature and will be a valuable source for social work students, research- ers, and policy advocates interested in divorced, separated, and deserted Indian women’s social and economic status and strategies to reduce http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work SAGE

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Publisher
SAGE
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2014
ISSN
0886-1099
eISSN
1552-3020
DOI
10.1177/0886109914551358
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Abstract

274 Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work 30(2) Indian property rights laws overwhelmingly favor the institution of marriage and women whose marriages are disrupted are at a distinct disadvantage, economically and socially. This book challenges India’s advocates and policy makers to revisit and amend existing property rights policies in favor of a growing number of divorced and separated women. The author pro- vides a list of recommendations including enactment of laws allowing women to gain 50% of couple’s marital wealth upon divorce. In addition, to assist single women with young children whose spouses/ex-spouses are poor and without much property to distribute, the author recom- mends expanding state responsibilities toward such women. This book is timely and valuable, given the prevalence of spousal violence against women within marriage and the rising trend in divorce and separation in India. Only a few social scientists in India, like Bina Agarwal (in her book, A Field of One’s Own), have explored this topic in detail. This book complements the existing literature and will be a valuable source for social work students, research- ers, and policy advocates interested in divorced, separated, and deserted Indian women’s social and economic status and strategies to reduce

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Affilia: Journal of Women and Social WorkSAGE

Published: May 1, 2015

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