Exploring the link between recurrent acts of childhood and adolescent animal cruelty and subsequent violent crime

Criminal Justice Review

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 304-316

  Tallichet, Suzanne E ^a   Hensley, Christopher ^a  

^a MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 40149108593     PISSN: 07340168     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073401680402900203     Document Type: Article

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