Examining the relationship between childhood animal cruelty motives and recurrent adult violent crimes toward humans

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 899-915

  Overton, Joshua C ^a   Hensley, Christopher ^a   Tallichet, Suzanne E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^b MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural contexts; violent offenders; youth violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OFFENDER; PRISON; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ANGER; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CRIMINALS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PRISONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84858809242     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260511423256     Document Type: Article

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