Criminal Justice( Cultural Anthropology)

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY) Name: Course: Professor Name: (June 05, 2012) The relationship between bride wealth and divorce The key relationship between bride wealth and divorce is that a given man may marry for money. On the contrary, this man may fail to be faithful to his wife thus, risk divorce. In the actual sense, bride wealth represents a vital marriage element. Actually, a man who paid a lot of bride wealth is not likely to divorce his wife. The man will tend to treat her well as he used a lot of wealth to get her. Thus, divorce will be unlikely (Scupin, 2008). Marriage stability and the amount of bride wealth Certainly, bride wealth contributes a lot towards marriage stability. This is because in most cases, it is repaid in case of a divorce. Thus, this usually makes the groom’s family to have a lot of interest when it comes to resolving marital problems between their daughter and husband. This normally enhances the stability of this union. In the real sense, the anthropological interpretation of pride wealth is that pride price simply represents economic inducement or assets which bind ...