Developmental links between cruelty to animals and human violence

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 363-382

  Dadds, M R ^a   Turner, C M ^b   McAloon, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85047688169     PISSN: 00048658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/acri.35.3.363     Document Type: Review

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