Integrating animal cruelty exposure into person-centered models of childhood adversity: latent classes and associations with depression, anxiety, and stress [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychiatryBackgroundAnimal cruelty is a recognized correlate of interpersonal violence within family systems, yet children’s exposure to this form of harm remains absent from most standardized assessments of childhood adversity.
Shelby E. McDonald +9 more
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Animal Cruelty and Neglect: Prevalence and Community Actions in Victoria, Australia. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2019 Simple Summary Preventing animal cruelty and neglect is the goal of animal protection. But it is hard to effectively address a problem without a good understanding of its prevalence and nature.
Glanville C, Ford J, Coleman G.
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Non-Cruelty to Animals: A General Principle of (Animal) Law
Journal of Animal Law, Ethics and One HealthIn this paper, the author advocates for the recognition of the principle of ‘non-cruelty to animals’ as a General Principle of Law under Article 38(1)(c) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Sabine Brels
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Childhood exposure to interpersonal and animal-directed violence: adversity profiles and adult suicidality [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychiatryBackgroundExposure to animal-directed violence is an overlooked aspect of childhood adversity that frequently co-occurs with interpersonal violence and may indicate heightened developmental risk.
Shelby E. McDonald +8 more
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Utilitarianism and animal cruelty: Further doubts [PDF]
De Ethica, 2016 Utilitarianism has an apparent pedigree when it comes to animal welfare. It supports the view that animal welfare matters just as much as human welfare. And many utilitarians support and oppose various practices in line with more mainstream concern over ...
Davies, Ben
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Associations between different motivations for animal cruelty, methods of animal cruelty and facets of impulsivity [PDF]
, 2017 Associations between specific motivations for animal cruelty, particular methods of animal cruelty and different facets of impulsivity were explored among 130 undergraduate students.
Newberry, Michelle
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Brighton v RSPCA NSW: Appeals and Lessons Four Years On [PDF]
AnimalsAnimal law has the potential to initiate improvements for animal wellbeing. However, this largely depends on how effectively the law bridges the legal chasm between animal welfare and animal suffering, a chasm the authors refer to as the welfare gap ...
Kathryn Jurd, Sophie Riley
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Psychology, Crime and Law, 2020 Assessing the risk for animal cruelty is imperative, yet understudied and problematic due to the sensitivity of the topic. Early prevention is critical, yet very little research examines cruelty when it first appears in childhood.
R. Hawkins, Joanne M. Williams
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Traumatized Witnesses: Review of Childhood Exposure to Animal Cruelty. [PDF]
J Child Adolesc Trauma, 2020 Ladny RT, Meyer L.
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Animal Abuse Investigations: Challenges and Recommendations to Improve Animal and Human Welfare [PDF]
AnimalsAnimal cruelty is widespread, yet it is often overlooked by professionals as a form of trauma and not perceived as a serious crime. This study explores current challenges to the effective management of animal abuse and neglect cases in the state of ...
Rebecca Niemiec, Lori R. Kogan
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