Animal Abuse and Interpersonal Violence

ANIMAL ABUSE & INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE 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.

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