Violence in Animal Cruelty Offenders

• Main Authors: Hoffer, Tia (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Hargreaves-Cormany, Holly (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Muirhead, Yvonne (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Meloy, J Reid (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Behavioral Criminology,
• Subjects: Forensic psychology.; Forensic Psychology.

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 (...

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.