Adulthood animal abuse among men arrested for domestic violence

Violence Against Women

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1059-1077

  Febres, Jeniimarie ^a   Brasfield, Hope ^a   Shorey, Ryan C ^d   Elmquist, Joanna ^a   Ninnemann, Andrew ^b   Schonbrun, Yael C ^b   Temple, Jeff R ^c   Recupero, Patricia R ^b   Stuart, Gregory L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b BUTLER HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal abuse; Intimate partner violence; Male perpetrator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84910047714     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801214549641     Document Type: Article

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