Violence in Animal Cruelty Offenders

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 (...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hoffer, Tia (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Behavioral Criminology,
Subjects:
Forensic psychology.
ISBN:9783319910383
ISSN:2194-1866
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Historical Background of Animal Cruelty
  • Attachment
  • Empathy
  • General Violence
  • Meloy's Biopsychosocial Model of Violence
  • Meloy's Bimodal Theory of Affective (Reactive) and Predatory (Instrumental) Violence
  • The Relationship Between Violence, Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy
  • Interpersonal Violence
  • Description of the Problem of Animal Cruelty and Its Association with Interpersonal Violence
  • The Relationship Between Family Violence and Animal Cruelty
  • Predicting Risk of Animal Cruelty and other Violence
  • Motivations of Animal Cruelty Acts and Other Violence
  • Methods
  • Material
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • Case Example of Affective Animal Cruelty Offenses
  • Case Example of Predatory Animal Cruelty Offenses
  • Comparison of Affective and Predatory Offenders
  • Suggestions
  • Conclusion
  • Limitations and Strengths.

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