Animal Cruelty Pathway to Violence Against

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 extrem

Foreword

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by Randall Lockwood, Ph.D.

Acknowledgments

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PART ONE ANIMAL CRUELTY: THE CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE

CHAPTER ONE Animal Cruelty Encapsulated

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CHAPTER TWO A Review of the Related Literature

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CHAPTER THREE Three Theories of Offenders

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PART TWO ANIMAL CRUELTY AND SUBSEQUENT HUMAN VIOLENCE: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION

CHAPTER FOUR Method and Study Design

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CHAPTER FIVE Findings

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PART THREE UNDERSTANDING THOSE WHO HURT ANIMALS: IN-DEPTH PORTRAITS

CHAPTER SIX Case Studies of Three Theories of Violent Offenders

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CHAPTER SEVEN Nonviolent Offenders Investigated

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PART FOUR A BLUEPRINT TO END SENSELESS PAIN AND DESTRUCTION

CHAPTER EIGHT Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations

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Afterword: Tom Nero, Mary Bell, and Advances in the Study of Animal Abuse

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by Frank R. Ascione, Ph.D.

References

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Index

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About the Authors

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Animal Cruelty Pathway to Violence Against People

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