A COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF THE CAUSES OF, AND LINKS BETWEEN, INTERPERSONAL AND INTERSPECIES VIOLENCE
Animal Abuse & Interpersonal Violence: A Psycho-Criminological Understanding addresses the many aspects of the link between animal cruelty and human violence. Presenting new theory, research, policy, and practice, this authoritative volume explores the subject through a psycho-criminological lens to describe, explain, and potentially prevent intentional behavior that causes pain, suffering, or death in animals and humans.
With an integrated theoretical-practical approach, Animal Abuse & Interpersonal Violence offers up-to-date research and provides real-world insights into current thinking in the study of animal abuse and interpersonal violence. Sixteen in-depth chapters by a multidisciplinary team of active researchers and experienced field practitioners examine central topics in the field, including different forms of animal exploitation, connections between animal cruelty and substance abuse, the association between childhood animal cruelty and adult interpersonal violence, the role of veterinarians in the identification of animal abuse cases, the complex legal aspects of animal abuse cases, and more. - Advances scholarship on animal abuse, its relationship with interpersonal violence, and the psycho-criminological mechanisms involved in that relationship - Introduces readers to contemporary research on a range of topics and issues related to animal abuse and interpersonal violence - Examines the origins of animal cruelty, its societal implications, and various prevention and treatment approaches - Defines and describes various types of animal maltreatment and their links to different forms of interpersonal violence
Animal Abuse & Interpersonal Violence: A Psycho-Criminological Understanding is essential reading for practitioners, researchers, scholars, and advanced students in fields such as behavioral science, law, criminology, veterinary forensics, criminal justice, law enforcement, social work, sociology, social sciences, education, and animal welfare.
Table of Contents
List of Figures xiii
List of Tables xiv
About the Editors xv
About the Contributors xvii
Foreword xxi
Endorsements xxiv
1 Introduction: A Psycho-Criminological Understanding of Animal Abuse and Interpersonal Violence 1
Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan and Rebecca W. Y. Wong
Part 1 Theory and Research 9
2 Animal Abuse: Beyond Companion Animals and Domestic Households 11
Rebecca W. Y. Wong
3 The Animal Cruelty-Delinquency Relationship: Violence Graduation, Deviance Generalization, or Antecedent Lifestyle? 19
Glenn D. Walters
4 Animal Cruelty and the Development of "Link" Research between Nonhuman and Human Violence 32
Suzanne E. Tallichet and Elizabeth B. Perkins
5 Attitudes toward Animal Abuse and Interpersonal Relating 47
Michelle Newberry
6 Toward a Classification of Animal Maltreatment 64
Alan R. Felthous and Marissa A. Hirsch
7 How Animal Abuse Is Related to Interpersonal Violence: A Review of Research in Turkey 75
Seda Akdemir Ekizoglu
8 Dog Ownership, Love, and Violentization among Young People in the United Kingdom 92
Jennifer A. Maher
9 Instrumental Harm toward Animals in a Milgram-like Experiment in France: The Role of Nonpathological Personality Traits 111
Laurent Bègue and Kevin Vezirian
Part 2 Policy and Practice 129
10 Animal Cruelty, the Link to Interpersonal Violence, and the Law 131
Brian Holoyda
11 Bestiality: Understanding Sex with Animals and Its Forensic Relevance 144
Brian Holoyda
12 The Role of Veterinarians in the Recognition of Animal Cruelty: Lessons from a Pilot Study in the Netherlands 159
Anton van Wijk and Nienke Endenburg
13 Animal Abuse, Control, and Intimate Partner Violence 169
Angus Nurse and Nadine Harding
14 Substance Abuse and Animal Maltreatment: An Overlooked Opportunity for Intervention? 183
Lacey Levitt
15 The Impact of Discretion in the Criminal Justice System on Animal Cruelty Prosecutions in Hong Kong 210
Amanda Whitfort, Fiona Woodhouse, Shuping Ho, and Marsha Chun
16 Conclusion 227
Rebecca W. Y. Wong and Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan
Index 230
