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Can childhood animal cruelty be learned?: examining age of onset and recurrency [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Few studies have examined how animal cruelty can be a learned behavior. Using data collected from 257 male inmates at a Southern state medium-security prison, the current study seeks to replicate the Hensley, Tallichet and Dutkiewicz (2012) study.
Browne, John A.
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Beyond Purity: Moral Disgust toward Bad Character [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Previous studies support a link between moral disgust and impurity, while anger is linked to harm. We challenge this strict correspondence, and show that disgust is sensitive to information about moral character, even for harm violations.
Beaupré M. G.   +7 more
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Biodiversity Exploitation for Online Entertainment

open access: yesFrontiers in Conservation Science, 2022
Anthropogenic wildlife exploitation threatens biodiversity worldwide. With the emergence of online trading which facilitates the physical movement of wildlife across countries and continents, wildlife conservation is more challenging than ever.
Rassim Khelifa   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Examining the effect of childhood animal cruelty motives on recurrent adult violent crimes toward humans [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Few researchers have studied the predictive ability of childhood animal cruelty motives as they are associated with later recurrent violence toward humans.
Overton, Joshua C.
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Think Global, Act Local? Fortune 500 Business Strategies for Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11)

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The role of business towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been well established. However, SDG contextualization continues to pose a conundrum, particularly for firms operating in multiple contexts. This becomes even more problematic in the case of SDG 11, the only goal in the sustainable development agenda directly
Andreas Georgiou
wiley   +1 more source

Crushing Animals and Crashing Funerals: The Semiotics of Free Expression [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
With insights from philosophy of language and semiotics, this article addresses judicial choices and semantic errors involved in United States v. Stevens, 130 S.Ct.
Lloyd, Harold Anthony
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Forensic aspects of animal abusing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Animal abuse is important social issue, which includes a wide range of behaviors of humans that are harmful to animals, starting from unintentional neglect to intentional cruelty. Types of animal abuse are different and they can include physical, sexual,
Aleksić Jelena, Jović Slavoljub
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Determinants of Customer Eco‐Friendly Goods Consumption in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the key attributes of eco‐friendly products in the hospitality and tourism industries and examines the impact on consumer behavior through a three‐study approach. Study I utilized principal component analysis and identified five key factors: price relevance, external charm, visual attention, product symbolism, and ...
Jiyoung Lee   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Should Dogs and Cats be Given as Gifts? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Policies that state pets should not be adopted as gifts are prevalent at animal welfare organizations, despite the fact that this belief is unfounded. Denying adopters who intend to give the animals as gifts may unnecessarily impede the overarching goal ...
Emily D. Dolan   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Sudan at War With Itself: Civilian Devastation in the Civil War

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A civil war is raging in Sudan between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) along with militia groups. Beginning on April 15, 2023, and continuing at least to this writing (October 15, 2025), civilian noncombatants have been subjected to bombings, beatings, torture, shootings, rape, and murder on a large scale. Since
Daniel Rothbart   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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