Learning to be cruel?: Exploring the onset and frequency of animal cruelty

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-47

  Hensley, Christopher ^a   Tallichet, Suzanne E ^a  

^a MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of animal cruelty onset; Animal cruelty; Recurrence of animal abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRISONER; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PRISONERS; RECURRENCE; SOCIAL FACILITATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 11944261592     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X04266680     Document Type: Article

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