TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Issues and problems involving acid attacks against male victims in India
JO  - Medicine, science, and the law
A1  - Kaur, Navpreet
A1  - Byard, Roger W.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Acid attacks involve dousing a victim with a concentrated acidic or caustic fluid. The head and face are most often targeted to maximize the chances of disfigurement, as the intention is usually to cause life-long disability, pain and lack of psychological wellbeing rather than death. In India it is often regarded as a form of gender-based violence aimed predominantly at women, frequently following the rejection of a proposed sexual relationship, however, a significant subset of cases involve males. Four cases are reported to demonstrate the different reasons for such attacks in males including revenge for reporting criminal activity, intra-familial disputes and apparently random episodes. Male acid attack victims may represent an over-looked subgroup that often does not receive adequate compensation or government support to access disability services, despite this being mandated by recent legislation.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0025-8024
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00258024221134961
ID  - ref1
ER  -