Animal cruelty: a multidisciplinary approach to understanding

Definitions of animal cruelty, abuse, and neglect / Phil Arkow and Randall Lockwood

The history of anti-cruelty laws : concepts of animal welfare and animal rights / David Favre

Animal cruelty and the law : prohibited contact / Yolanda Eisenstein

Animal cruelty and the law : permitted conduct / Joan Schaffner

Veterinary forensic sciences in the response to animal cruelty / Randall Lockwood and Rachel Touroo

The animal-human bond / Elizabeth B. Strand, Christina Risley-Curtiss, and Bethanie A. Poe

Statistics and measurement of animal cruelty / Cassandra L. Reyes

Animal cruelty for sports and profit / John C. Navarro, Jacqueline L. Schneider, and Egan Green

Animal hoarding / Arnold Arluke and Gary Patronek

Animal cruelty and sexual deviance / Christopher Hensley, Suzanne E. Tallichet, and Caleb E. Trentham

Understanding and reducing cruelty toward roaming dogs / Arnold Arluke and Kate Atema

Animal cruelty and delinquency, criminality, and youth violence / Nik Taylor and Tania Signal

Family violence and animal cruelty / Eleonora Gullone

Animal cruelty, firesetting, and homicide / Lindsey S. Davis and Louis B. Schlesinger

Examining animal abuse through a sociological lens : theoretical and empirical developments / Amy J. Fitzgerald, Rochelle Stevenson, and Antonio R. Verbora

Psychological theories of animal cruelty / Mary Lou Randour and Maya Gupta

Animal cruelty and reality television : a critical review / Claire Malloy

Emerging issues and future directions in the area of animal cruelty / Mary P. Brewster and Shannon T. Grugan

Appendix. Animal protection agencies and organizations.