Violence in Animal Cruelty Offenders

von Tia Hoffer, Holly Hargreaves-Cormany, Yvonne Muirhead, J Reid Meloy

102 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.  

• Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Psychology
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Kriminalpsychologie, forensische Psychologie
• ISBN: 9783319910376
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 10.07.2018
• Größe: 23.5 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: Springer International Publishing