Exploring the Link between Recurrent Acts of Childhood and Adolescent Animal Cruelty and Subsequent Violent Crime

Tallichet, Suzanne E.; Hensley, Christopher

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“…More recent research is starting to posit and investigate more specific pathways and relationships between early animal abuse and subsequent human violence, and thus to identify more specific subsets of offending individuals [6]. For example, studies by Hensley, Tallichet and colleagues [30,31,43,44] have examined such predictors as the methods of childhood animal cruelty and recurrent violence against both animals and humans, albeit among incarcerated violent criminals.…”

Section: More Specific Pathways Relationships and Abuser Characterimentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Recurrent acts of violence One study [43] of 261 prisoners from two medium and one maximum security prisons sought to determine whether repeated acts of harming animals in childhood were later related to repeated acts of interpersonal violence. The dependent variable, interpersonal violence, was operationalized as the number of times a convict had been convicted of murder or attempted murder, rape or attempted rape, and aggravated assault.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Examining the links between animal abuse and human violence

Flynn

2011

Crime Law Soc Change

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Empirical research has increasingly found evidence for the coexistence of animal abuse and various forms of interpersonal violence. Some researchers have even argued for a specific version of this relationship, namely, that individuals tend to move from violence toward animals, particularly in childhood, to subsequent violence toward humans. Others have suggested that the evidence for this graduation or progression hypothesis is weak and inconsistent, and that an approach to animal abuse that focuses on the link is misguided. This article begins by reviewing the research on the connections between animal abuse and interhuman violence. Then it critically assesses the evidence for and against the link, and discusses the issues and challenges facing future research in this area.

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Section: More Specific Pathways Relationships and Abuser Characterimentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: More Specific Pathways Relationships and Abuser Characterimentioning

confidence: 99%

Examining the links between animal abuse and human violence

Flynn

2011

Crime Law Soc Change

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“…Arluke, Levin, Luke, & Ascione, 1999;Ascione, 1999;Ascione, Thompson, & Black, 1997;Bucchieri, 2015;DeViney, Dickert, & Lockwood, 1983;Felthous, 1980;Felthous & Kellert, 1987a;Hellman & Blackman, 1966;Henderson, Hensley, & Tallichet, 2011;Hensley & Tallichet, 2008;Hensley & Tallichet, 2009;Hensley, Tallichet & Dutkiewicz, 2009;Hensley et al, 2012;Holoyda & Newman, 2016;Kellert & Felthous, 1985;Levitt, Hoffer, & Loper, 2016;Merz-Perez & Heide, 2003;MerzPerez, Heide, & Silverman, 2001;Miller & Knutson, 1997;Overton, Hensley & Tallichet, 2012;Tapia, 1971;Tallichet & Hensley, 2004;Walters, 2014). Whilst it is crucial to understand the relationship between childhood animal cruelty and later offending against humans, it is equally important to understand why people are cruel to animals to begin with.…”

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Associations between different motivations for animal cruelty, methods of animal cruelty and facets of impulsivity

Newberry

2017

Psychology, Crime & Law

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Associations between specific motivations for animal cruelty, particular methods of animal cruelty and different facets of impulsivity were explored among 130 undergraduate students. Participants completed an adapted version of the Boat Inventory on Animal-Related Experiences (BIARE) which asked participants to state whether they had intentionally harmed or killed an animal, the species of animal(s) involved, their motivations for harming or killing the animal(s) and the method(s) used.Participants also completed the Impulsive Behavior scale (UPPS-P) which assesses five facets of impulsivity. Over half of the sample (55%) reported committing at least one act of animal cruelty, and dogs were the most commonly abused species of animal. The most frequently reported motivations were Prejudice, Amusement, Control (of an animal), and Retaliation (against an animal), and the most frequently reported methods were Beating/Kicking, Squashing, Throwing an object at an animal, Shooting, Drowning and Burning. Significant associations were found between particular motivations and methods, as well as between particular methods of animal cruelty and facets of impulsivity.Findings have implications for theoretical models of animal cruelty perpetration as well as offender assessment and treatment.

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“…In addition, other studies, which have used inmate samples, have supported the link between animal cruelty and later interpersonal violence (Hensley, Tallichet, & Dutkiewicz, 2009;Merz-Perez & Heide, 2004;Merz-Perez, Heide, & Silverman, 2001;Tallichet & Hensley, 2004). However, the effect of childhood animal cruelty methods on later interpersonal violence has been understudied.…”

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Childhood Animal Cruelty Methods and Their Link to Adult Interpersonal Violence

Henderson

Hensley

Tallichet

2011

J Interpers Violence

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Recent research has begun to establish a relationship between childhood acts of animal cruelty and later violence against humans. However, few studies have focused on the influence of animal cruelty methods on later interpersonal violence. In a replication of a study by Hensley and Tallichet (2009) and based on a sample of 180 inmates at medium- and maximum-security prisons in a Southern state, the present study examines the relationship between several retrospectively identified animal cruelty methods (drowned, hit, shot, kicked, choked, burned, and sex) and interpersonal violence committed against humans. Four out of 5 inmates reported hitting animals. Over one third of the sample chose to shoot or kick animals, while 1 in 5 had sex with them. Less then one fifth of the sample drowned or choked animals, while less than one sixth of the inmates burned animals. Regression analyses revealed that the age at which offenders began committing animal cruelty and having sex with animals were predictive of adult interpersonal violence.

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Exploring the Link between Recurrent Acts of Childhood and Adolescent Animal Cruelty and Subsequent Violent Crime

Cited by 69 publications

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Examining the links between animal abuse and human violence

Examining the links between animal abuse and human violence

Associations between different motivations for animal cruelty, methods of animal cruelty and facets of impulsivity

Childhood Animal Cruelty Methods and Their Link to Adult Interpersonal Violence

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