Download or read book An Investigation Into Animal Cruelty and Violent Crime in Ohio written by Anna Garrett and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Violence against humans is a public health issue, as is violence against animals, because these two forms of violence have been scientifically linked together. Violence against animals, known as animal cruelty, has been shown to be an important predictor and correlate of aggressive, violent behavior toward people and additional animal victims. Characteristics of individuals who are violent toward animals and people are similar and important to identify to help prevent further suffering and pain to victims. As such, understanding animal cruelty may assist in the prevention and alleviation of violent acts toward people. Animal cruelty laws with high offense degrees and penalties have been recently accepted into Ohio law, most notably Goddard’s Law in 2016. To the knowledge of the authors, this is the first study to examine animal cruelty and violent crime public court records in Ohio to investigate the association between these two crimes. A random sample of individuals found guilty of animal cruelty in Ohio was examined for violent crimes in their criminal history. A mixed-effects logistic regression model was created to model violent crime severity based on the predictors: age, race, jail time from animal cruelty offense, and timing of the animal cruelty charge in relation to Goddard’s Law. Two logistic regression models were created to model being charged with a violent crime and being found guilty of a violent crime with the predictors: age, race, animal cruelty sentencing severity, and timing of the animal cruelty charge in relation to Goddard’s Law. There was a high prevalence of violent offenders within the population that has been convicted of animal cruelty in Ohio. Additionally, there was a high rate at which these individuals were convicted of domestic violence, assault, endangering children, and aggravated menacing, all crimes that are related to interpersonal violence. By targeting interventions towards offenders of these crimes, the health and safety of the community could be impacted. Physical, mental, and psychological damage can be avoided if preventative and mitigation efforts are targeted at animal cruelty offenders before they escalate toward violence toward people. Animal cruelty may be noted as a warning sign that may be indicative of heightened violence toward humans, which is especially important when assisting survivors of domestic violence. This evidence provides actual court data confirming the correlation between animal cruelty and violent crime that has been noted in the literature.
Download or read book Animal Cruelty written by Linda Merz-Perez and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2003 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practitioners in the animal welfare field, law enforcement circles, and social services arena have often maintained that childhood cruelty to animals is a forerunner to violence against people. Does this behavior serve as a red flag with respect to extremely violent offenders, such as serial killers? Is it part of the cycle of violence associated with domestic abuse? Perez and Heide provide the first scientific examination of this relationship and examine issues of cruelty across different types of animals (pet, wild, stray, farm). The authors evaluate both qualitative and quantitative data to identify correlations between childhood cruelty and adult violent behavior, utilizing interviews and criminal records of violent and nonviolent inmates in a maximum security prison. Their findings will be of importance to a diverse audience, including researchers and practitioners in the field of juvenile justice, violence and domestic abuse, social welfare, animal welfare and animal rights and developmental psychologists and counselors, as well as law enforcement officers, district attorneys and judges, county and municipal officials, animal control officers, veterinarians, and school administrators, especially those concerned with intervention and prevention strategies.
Download or read book Animal Abuse and Interpersonal Violence written by Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Connection Between Animal Abuse and Human Violence written by Harold Hovel and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal cruelty is linked directly or indirectly with every type of violent crime, and, what is not as well known, also with most nonviolent crime. Human beings would benefit enormously if fighting animal cruelty (investigating, prosecuting) were taken seriously. Many human lives would be saved and much human suffering would be prevented. Violent individuals are "made" and not born. Children are born with a love of animals, but the home environment plays a major role in determining a child's prosocial or antisocial personality and behavior. Child abuse, neglect, abandonment, and witnessing domestic violence are major factors in creating violent individuals, along with poverty, alcoholism, and toxic neighborhoods.
Download or read book Animal Cruelty Investigations written by Linda Fielder and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-02-02 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal Cruelty Investigations: A Collaborative Approach from Victim to Verdict provides a framework for the experts who respond to animal cruelty cases: veterinarians, law enforcement agencies, animal care and control organizations, and prosecutors. This book is a practical guide which provides insight and direction for every phase of an animal cruelty investigation. The step-by-step guidance on responding to particular issues and challenges related to animal cruelty cases is bolstered by the extensive library of checklists, form templates, specific case protocols, and lists of available resources. This book is designed to empower readers to respond to animal cruelty cases confidently and effectively by: Introducing veterinarians to their critical role in animal cruelty investigations including forensic examination and necropsy, crime scene response, report writing, and testimony. Included are detailed Specific Case Protocols for common animal cruelty scenarios. Helping animal shelters navigate the challenges of holding animals in protective custody, housing unusual species, and placing evidence animals in foster care. Offering law enforcement agencies useful methods for investigating animal cruelty such as search and seizure protocols, witness interview techniques, and valuable forms and templates necessary to strengthen and ensure proper search warrant execution, evidence collection and handling, and chain of custody; all with a focus on animals as both victims and evidence. Guiding prosecutors through the steps necessary to utilize the veterinarian’s findings during trial and providing insight into issues to be considered when reviewing search warrants, filing charges, proposing plea agreements, or filing pre-conviction forfeiture motions. This book is a must-have reference and guide for veterinarians, technicians, law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and all those involved in the protection of animals’ health and wellbeing. The successful investigation of animal crimes relies on each of these disciplines, not only carrying out their professional duties, but having a collective understanding of what each other needs in order to meet that expectation.
Download or read book Violence in Animal Cruelty Offenders written by Tia Hoffer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-06-30 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents results from a BAU study including 259 active, animal cruelty cases. In addition, there were a total of 495 animal victims including numerous species, but dogs (64%) were the predominant animal victim. The offenders were all male, ranging in age from 17-years old to 82 years old (mean age of 34 years) and 73.44% had arrests for various other crimes prior to and/or following the instant animal cruelty arrest. Sixty percent of the offenders had been arrested for interpersonal violence prior, concurrent and/or post the instant active animal cruelty incident.
Download or read book Cruelty to Animals and Interpersonal Violence written by Geoffrey Ribbans and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains 46 articles by various authors concerned with cruelty to animals and how that relates to violent human relations.
Download or read book Investigating Animal Abuse Crime Scenes written by Virginia M. Maxwell and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies and describes the types of animal abuse crime scenes—including the different types of physical evidence to collect, log, and package, while maintaining chain of custody Explains the Fourth Amendment and outlines the legal issues surrounding the search and seizure of physical evidence at crime scenes Details appropriate crime scene documentation—written notes, sketches, photographs, and videography—and how to avoid potential sources of contamination at crime scenes Examines the role of the forensic veterinarian in animal abuse investigations
Download or read book Linking Animal Cruelty and Family Violence written by and published by Cambria Press. This book was released on with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beyond Cages written by Justin Marceau and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-11 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demonstrates how 'carceral animal law' strategies put animal protection efforts at war with general anti-oppression and civil rights efforts.
Download or read book Animal Cruelty Law in the United States A Comparative Analysis written by Opal Dockery and published by Dixie Publishing. This book was released on 2010-07-26 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ANIMAL CRUELTY LAW IN THE UNITED STATES, A Comparative Analysis is a research study to compare and contrast animal anti-cruelty statutes existing in all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia resulting in a suggestion that a reasonable solution regarding the reduction of crime lies within the realm of increasing penalties for such actions to a felony level along with incorporating a high degree of empathy for all living beings in the lives of American Citizens.
Download or read book Animal Cruelty written by Mary P. Brewster and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal Cruelty is an anthology that addresses all critical aspects of animal cruelty including: its history and prevalence; related legislation; special types of cruelty (hoarding, poaching, blood sports, etc.); its link to other types of violence and crime; theories used to explain animal cruelty; the role of the media; and emerging issues related to animal cruelty. The text is suitable for undergraduate and graduate classes in criminal justice, criminology, psychology, law, sociology, animal studies, and other disciplines, and is especially well-suited for use in classes on such topics as animal cruelty, animal welfare, deviant behavior, animal law, violent crime, veterinary studies, abnormal psychology, and animal husbandry. This second edition includes chapter updates related to legislation, prevalence and incidence of animal cruelty, and research findings, as well as the addition of two completely new chapters related to veterinary forensics and cruelty towards roaming dogs.
Download or read book Animal Maltreatment written by Lacey Levitt and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2016 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal Maltreatment is the first book to provide an overview of animal maltreatment as a legal, clinical, and forensic issue. It offers guidance for mental health and legal professionals involved in the adjudication of animal maltreatment offenses, with a special focus on forensic mental health assessments in such cases.
Download or read book DOES FAMILY CONTEXT AND PERSONAL BACKGROUND CONTRIBUTE TO VIOLENT BEHAVIORS LIKE ANIMAL CRUELTY written by Sara Collis and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal cruelty is a frequent, yet underreported occurrence in the United States. Lack of legislation and policy regarding animal protection has led to a low understanding of the importance of detecting and preventing animal cruelty. However, research in many fields reveals that animal cruelty can be a predictor of sexual abuse, domestic abuse and other co-occurring violence, suggesting that if animal cruelty can be better identified or even prevented, violence towards humans can be lessened. Unfortunately, research about the factors that make an individual more likely to commit animal cruelty is limited, and data regarding these factors is scarce, making correlation studies difficult. If there were a greater understanding about what personal and family context factors in one's youth increase the likelihood to commit animal cruelty or other severely violent crimes, effective prevention and rehabilitation policies could be implemented to lessen any probabilities for violence. This study looks at survey responses from the Survey of Adults on Probation which was developed for the Bureau of Justice Statistics by the United States Department of Justice in 1995. This survey provides data regarding the background and youth experiences of individuals who have been arrested for various offenses, including animal cruelty, sexual assault and aggravated assault. By analyzing the relationship between one's background and the probability to commit severe violence we can begin to isolate personal and family context factors that increase likelihood to commit animal cruelty. This study ran multiple regression models and identified that factors such as being raised by one parent, living in a foster home, being sexually or physically abused as a child and using drugs can all lead to a higher probability of committing severely violent crimes, including animal cruelty. This has implications for a number of policy initiatives, including more consistent cross reporting among agencies and organizations as well as preventative and rehabilitative education for people in a position to detect and help at-risk youth.
Download or read book The International Handbook of Animal Abuse and Cruelty written by Frank R. Ascione and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal abuse as a predictor of abuse against humans has been documented extensively. Societyaâ'¬s ever-rising violence has prompted experts to ask what alternatives are available to identify the early signs and stop the cycle. The International Handbook of Animal Abuse and Cruelty: Theory, Research, and Application is the authoritative, up-to-date compendium covering the historical, legal, research, and applied issues related to animal abuse and cruelty from scholars worldwide.\n
Download or read book The Link Between Animal Abuse and Human Violence written by Andrew Linzey and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-03 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many philosophers, including Aquinas, Locke, Schopenhauer and Kant, have assumed that there is a link between cruelty to animals and violence to people. This title examines the relationships between animal abuse and child abuse, the emotional development of the child, family violence, and serial murder.
Download or read book Child Abuse Domestic Violence and Animal Abuse written by Frank R. Ascione and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evidence is mounting that animal abuse, frequently embedded in families scarred by domestic violence and child abuse and neglect, often predicts the potential for other violent acts. As early intervention is critical in the prevention and reduction of aggression, this book encourages researchers and professionals to recognize animal abuse as a significant problem and a human public-health issue that should be included as a curriculum topic in training. The book is an interdisciplinary source book of original essays that examines the relations between animal maltreatment and human interpersonal violence, expands the scope of research in this growing area, and provides practical assessment and documentation strategies to help professionals confronting violence do their jobs better by attending to these connections. As an outgrowth of the Latham Foundation's 1995 training manual, Breaking the Cycles of Violence, this book is a historic step in helping professionals from these disciplines, as well as the general public, recognize the cyclical and insidious nature of family violence and provides training in recognizing peripheral forms of family violence outside a family's immediate purview. It encourages cross-disciplinary prevention and intervention strategies with an ultimate goal of reducing the levels of violence which is such a great societal and cultural concern today. This book brings together, for the first time, all of the leaders in this emerging field. They examine contemporary research and programmatic issues, encourage cross-disciplinary interactions, and describe innovative programs in the field today. Also included are vivid first-person accounts from survivors whose experiences included animal maltreatment among other forms of family violence. Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Animal Abuse provides professional communities of psychologists and child welfare specialists with a deeper, higher, and more encompassing awareness and understanding of the crucial linking of caring for animals and children in human experience. The combination of careful research, documentation, and compelling narrative accounts are blended into a rich resource to help professionals, concerned citizens, and parents understand how the ethics of caring are not bounded by species.
