Cruelty to animals and violence to people

Victims and Offenders

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-43

  Petersen, Marie Louise ^a   Farrington, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal cruelty; Child abuse; Domestic violence; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347323984     PISSN: 15564886     EISSN: 15564991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564880600934187     Document Type: Article

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