The connection between animal abuse and interpersonal violence: A review from the veterinary perspective

Monsalve, Stefany; Ferreira, Fernando; Garcia, Rita de Cássia Maria

doi:10.1016/j.rvsc.2017.02.025

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“…Although studies into animal cruelty have increased over the years, a drawback is that the majority of studies have focused on intentional animal cruelty and on clinical or special populations, adult populations, relying heavily on retrospective reports of childhood animal cruelty (e.g., Parfitt & Alleyne, 2016). Studies have focused on the links between cruelty and violence (e.g., Collins et al, 2018;Monsalve, Ferreira & Garcia, 2017), and associations between cruelty and behavioural problems (e.g., Baglivio et al, 2017), and links with adverse childhood experiences (Browne, Hensley & McGuffee, 2017). Most studies have not directly focused on childhood cruelty towards animals (e.g., Levitt, Hoffer & Loper, 2016;Newberry, 2017aNewberry, , 2017bSanders & Henry, 2017;Walters, 2017).…”

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Children’s attitudes towards animal cruelty: Exploration of predictors and socio-demographic variations

Hawkins

Williams

2019

Psychology, Crime & Law

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Assessing the risk for animal cruelty is imperative, yet understudied and problematic due to the sensitivity of the topic. Early prevention is critical, yet very little research examines cruelty when it first appears in childhood. The aim of this study was to explore children's attitudes towards types of animal cruelty, to investigate potential demographic differences, and to examine potential associations between acceptance of cruelty and cognitive and affective factors that place children 'at-risk' for cruelty perpetration. Questionnaire data was collected from 1,127 children in schools. The results indicate that cruelty attitudes are predicted by some demographic variables such as urban living, being male, younger age and not having pets, but depend on the type of animal cruelty. Acceptance of cruelty predicted low compassion and low reported humane behaviour towards animals. Acceptance of cruelty was predicted by negative attitudes towards animals, lower beliefs in animal minds and low attachment to pets, signifying the importance of targeting such variables in future prevention programmes. This study is an original contribution to research into childhood animal cruelty in the general population, with implications for designing and implementing early prevention programmes that tackle problematic attitudes to cruelty.

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Children’s attitudes towards animal cruelty: Exploration of predictors and socio-demographic variations

Hawkins

Williams

2019

Psychology, Crime & Law

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“…A recent review of the literature2 identified 15 studies which reported on the prevalence of children abusing animals. The authors found a variation of between 3% and 44.4% 3–17.…”

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Children who abuse animals: when should you be concerned about child abuse? A review of the literature

Lee‐Kelland

Finlay

2018

Arch Dis Child

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Animal abuse by children is common, with 3-44% of children being reported to abuse animals at some point during their childhood. Much of this behaviour may be regarded as an extension of exploratory behaviour in a younger child; however, the apparent link between child and animal abuse is an area of increasing interest; with children who abuse animals being 2-3 times more likely to be directly abused themselves. How concerned should a health professional be that a child who abuses animals could themselves be the victim of abuse? We reviewed the literature on the subject, finding that abuse to an animal that is perpetrated by an older child (>10 years) is more likely to be associated with child abuse. Animal abuse is less common in girls compared with boys and there is some suggestion that child abuse may be more likely in these cases. Some papers have reported a higher prevalence of animal abuse in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, developmental delay and conduct disorder, but the relationship with child abuse in these cases is unknown. Information on both child and animal abuse needs to be shared between the veterinary, medical and social care teams in order to protect both children and animals who are vulnerable.

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“…Since the publication of that review, numerous summaries of the relevant research literature to date have been published, and their contents will not be duplicated in this article. We refer the reader to the work of Ascione (, , ), Levitt et al (), Monsalve, Ferreira, and Garcia (), and McDonald (). Topographies of and motivations for AA continue to be a focus of research attention (Newberry, ).…”

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“…Although research on some of these topics has been conducted with non‐clinical convenience samples (Henry, ), we will focus on research with survivors of IPV. More comprehensive reviews on AA and IPV are available (Kimber, Adham, Gill, McTavish, & MacMillan, ; McDonald, ; Monsalve et al, ; Newberry, ).…”

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The relations among animal abuse, psychological disorders, and crime: Implications for forensic assessment

Ascione

McDonald

Tedeschi

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Behavioral Sci & The Law

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The confluence of developments in the assessment of animal abuse, the evolution of psychiatric nosology for the diagnosis of conduct disorder, legislative changes involving crimes against non-human animals, and the recent inclusion of crimes against animals in the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System, highlights the critical need for examining the forensic dimensions of animal abuse cases. We provide an overview of the research literature on these topics in the hope that forensic evaluators will have an evidence-based framework for assessing cases they encounter that include perpetration of violence against animals.

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The connection between animal abuse and interpersonal violence: A review from the veterinary perspective

Cited by 87 publications

References 106 publications

Children’s attitudes towards animal cruelty: Exploration of predictors and socio-demographic variations

Children’s attitudes towards animal cruelty: Exploration of predictors and socio-demographic variations

Children who abuse animals: when should you be concerned about child abuse? A review of the literature

The relations among animal abuse, psychological disorders, and crime: Implications for forensic assessment

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