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 wer
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Tia Hoffer Holly Hargreaves-Cormany Yvonne Muirhead J Reid Meloy
Violence in Animal Cruelty Offenders
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Tia Hoffer • Holly Hargreaves-Cormany Yvonne Muirhead • J Reid Meloy
Violence in Animal Cruelty Offenders
Tia Hoffer Federal Bureau of Investigation Kapolei, HI, USA
Holly Hargreaves-Cormany Marymount University Arlington, VA, USA
Yvonne Muirhead Federal Bureau of Investigation San Antonio, TX, USA
J Reid Meloy University of California La Jolla, CA, USA
ISSN 2192-8363 ISSN 2192-8371 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Psychology ISSN 2194-1866 ISSN 2194-1874 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Behavioral Criminology ISBN 978-3-319-91037-6 ISBN 978-3-319-91038-3 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91038-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018942540 © The Author(s) under exclusive licence to Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Abstract
Animal cruelty and its relationship (i.e., the link) to crimes against persons have been discussed in the literature for many years. Due to the classification status of the animal cruelty violation, it has been challenging for researchers to obtain significantly large samples with which to conduct analyses.1 In addition, self-report disclosures have been the predominant method to obtain information about offenders’ animal cruelty behaviors. Consequently, the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) identified,
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