ANIMAL ABUSE: DIAGNOSTIC INDICATORS RESOURCES
These are Animal Abuse: Diagnostic Indicators Resources
Please also see:
Animal Abuse and Domestic Violence || Animal Companionship
Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation || Animals for Comfort, Therapy, and Court Escorts
Assistance/Therapy Animals Training || Animal Welfare
ARTICLES/INFORMATION/RESEARCH
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Animal Abuse and Family Violence
Abridged from "Animal Abuse, Child Abuse and Domestic Violence: Compelling Connections" (The Guardian, Women's Humane Society, Bensalem, PA, Spring 1998)
Animal Abuse and Interpersonal Violence Indicators
The Brown University Child & Adolescent Behavior Letter, Vol. 16, No. 3, March 2000
Animal Abuse and Youth Violence
Research report by Frank R. Ascione, Ph.D., from the OJJDP's Juvenile Justice Bulletin, September 2001
Animal Abuse Just The Start, USU Professor Says
Standard-Examiner, November 8, 2001
Animal and Human Abuse Linked, Studies Show
The Plain Dealer, January 7, 2002
Experts Take Closer Look At Animal Cruelty By Teens
The Associated Press, June 10, 2002
Groups Discuss Animal Abuse, Link to Cruelty in Adults
Sun-Sentinel, November 4, 2001
N.Y. Breeder Accused of Killing Dogs
The Associated Press, June 12, 2001
- Man Gets Five Years' Probation for Hanging Six Akitas
The Associated Press, November 8, 2001
Pets Are Victims in an Inhumane Society
The San Francisco Examiner, November 7, 1999
Pets Bear First Violence
The Associated Press, February 29, 2004
For Prosecutors, Dogs' Deaths Have Become High-Profile Cases
The Miami Herald, July 5, 2001
Relationship Between Animal Abuse and Child Abuse
From the Valley Oak (California) SPCA
The Relationship Between Violence Against Children and Animals
Protecting Children, Volume 15, Number 2, 1999 [PDF]
Understanding the Link® Between Animal Abuse and Family Violence
A fact sheet from the American Humane Association
Warning Over Child Animal Cruelty
BBC News, November 22, 2001
What Lawyers and Judges Should Know About the Link Between Child Abuse and Animal Cruelty
ABA Child Law Practice, June 1998
ORGANIZATIONS/AGENCIES
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First Strike: The Connection Between Animal Cruelty and Human Violence
The Humane Society of the United States
2100 L Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: (202) 452-1100
www.hsus.org/firststrike/
The First Strike® campaign deals with the link between animal cruelty and human violence. Prevention and intervention programs, empathy-teaching program pairing juvenile offenders and at-risk youth with abused and abandoned dogs in need of training and rehabilitation, Safe Haven programs for domestic violence victims. Locate a First Strike program in your area, or get help starting a local program.
The Latham Foundation
Latham Plaza Bld., 1826 Clement Avenue
Alameda, CA 95401
Phone: (510) 521-0920
www.latham.org
The Latham Foundation is a national clearinghouse of information on the links between animal abuse, child abuse and domestic violence. Latham gathers and disseminates information to educate the professional communities and the general public about the links between cruelty to animals and other family violence.
National Resource Center on the Link Between Violence to People and Animals
American Humane
63 Inverness Drive East
Englewood, CO 80112
Phone: (303) 792-9900
www.americanhumane.org/site/PageServer?pagename=lk_resource_center
