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- 1. The Correlation between animal abuse and violent behavior
- 2. If violent human behavior is related to animal abuse then people who abuse animals have a higher potential to exhibit violent behavior toward people.
- 3. Reports Police and animal abuse reports within the same household. 4 out of 5 battered women report animal abuse by abuser. 85% of women in shelters for abused women said animal abuse occurred in the home. Children exposed to abuse have a higher tendency to continue the pattern.
- 5. Animal abuse and other crimes
- 6. Laws Cross reporting between child welfare and animal abuse agencies. Anticruelty laws for animal abuse Investigation between violent crimes and animal abuse.
- 7. Prevention Early detection Reporting animal abuse Reporting child abuse Reporting domestic abuse Reporting violent behavior REPORTING, REPORTING, REPORTING!
- 8. When is enough, enough? Research and articles can be written to validate the proof of a particular problem. However, unless the research is heard and changes are made the articles and research are nothing more than documented words.
- 9. References American Humane Society. (2010). Facts about animal abuse and domestic violence. Retrieved December 6, 2010 from http://www.americanhumane.org DeGue, S. and DiLillo, D. (2009). Is animal cruelty a “red flag” for family violence?: Investigating co-occurring violence toward children, partners, and pets. Journal Of interpersonal violence, 24(6), 1036. Retrieved December 6, 2010 from research library. Mansoor, E. (2006). Animal cruelty by children exposed to domestic violence child abuse neglect. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics, 27(1), p365. Retrieved December 6, 201 from http://find.galegroup.com Google.com. (n.d.). Images. Retrieved December 13, 2010 from http://www.google.com/images Quinn, K. (2000). Animal abuse at early age linked to interpersonal violence. Brown University Child & Adolescent Behavior Letter, 16(3), 1. Retrieved from Academic Search Elite database. Randour, M.L. (1999). Battering the wife, kicking the dog, and slapping the kids: The link between domestic violence and animal abuse. Contemporary Women's Issues Database, 7+. Retrieved November 15, 2010 from http://elibrary.bigchalk.com Randour, M.L. (n.d.). What we know about the link between animal abuse and human violence. 21stCentury animal resource and education services. Retrieved December 6, 2010 from http://www.21stcenturycares.org Ryder, C. (2010). Animal abuse is a predictor of other crimes, including domestic abuse, murder, rape and more. Retrieved December 6, 2010 from http://www.hg.org
Editor's Notes
- Review PaperSheila KallaArgosy UniversityDecember 13, 2010
- The topic of animal abuse alone is not a priority in society. However, proving a direct link between animal abuse and violent behavior could have a positive effect in helping animals and humans.
- The research supports the linkage between animal abuse and violent behavior patterns. In North Carolina, research uncovered a link between the police reports and animal abuse reports located within the same household (Quinn, 2000). In Wisconsin, a study showed that four out of five battered women reported animal abuse by the victim’s abuser (Quinn, 2000). According to Randour (1999) of the 96% response of shelters for battered women across the nation, 85% of the women said animal abuse occurred in the home. Children exposed to domestic violence and animal cruelty learns to handle power, control and empathy inappropriately (Mansoor, 2006). Therefore, children have a tendency to continue violent behavior later in life.
- Notorious criminals such as, Jeffery Dahmer, Son of Sam, and Ted Bundy began their reign of terror by abusing animals (Quinn, 2000). According to Quinn (2000) “Animal cruelty, which begins showing up as early as age six, is one of the earliest and reliable predictors of later violent behavior.” According to Randour (n.d.) the school shooters, Kinkel, Woodham, Smith, Weston, Johnson and Golden all have a history of animal torture and murder.
- Ryder (2010) states “stats on animal abuse show a sharp correlation between animal abuse & other crimes, including rape, robbery, murder, sexual homicide, domestic abuse and more. E.G.: studies show 100% of sexual homicide perps (like Jeffrey Dahmer) started by abusing animals.” The list of criminals and the relationship between animal abuse and violent behavior is extremely long. However, the list will continue to grow unless the issue of animal abuse and violent behavior is taken more seriously. How many more lives must perish?
- Recently, several United States jurisdictions have adopted a cross-reporting legislation (DeGue and DiLillo, 2009). The cross-reporting legislation allows the departments of child welfare and animal welfare to work together to investigate animal cruelty and child abuse (DeGue and DiLillo, 2009). The results in the creation of the cross-reporting legislation have led to the conclusion that animal cruelty and family violence are related (DeGue and DiLillo, 2009). The American Humane Association (2010) states there are anti-cruelty laws present throughout the United States. The anti-cruelty law provides any form of neglect, cruelty, torture or death to an animal is prohibited. However, if an investigation leads to prosecution, a conviction is often difficult to obtain (American Humane Society, 2010).
- There are countless articles written on the subject matter of the correlation between animal abuse and violent behavior. The one question that needs to be answered is why is nothing being done to prevent such tragedies? The relevance of this question is to acquire the attention of others to validate the extreme nature of the problem at hand.
- If violent human behavior is related to animal abuse then people who abuse animals have a higher potential to exhibit violent behavior toward other people. When is enough, enough?
- Changes need to be made desperately! Thank you.