Anti-cruelty statutes, xxii

Attitudes toward animals, 16, 24-25, 62, 105, 109, 111, 121-123, 131-134, 137-138

Attitudes toward women, 16, 25-26, 109, 131-134, 137-138

B

Bentham, Jeremy, 38-39

Bergh, Henry, xxi

C

Child abuse and animal abuse (see also Animal abuse and child abuse), 78-80, 113-115, 120-126, 136-138

Child abuse and family violence (See also Family violence and child abuse), 119-123

Child abuse offender index, 28-29, 96, 134, 137

Child abuse victim index, 29, 96, 121, 123, 134, 137

Child abuse, findings, 119-120

Child abuse, xxii

Child protection, xxi

Child saving movement, xx

Child welfare system, xxi

Conflict Tactics Scale, 84-85, 86-87

Criminology and animal abuse, 7

Cross-reporting of abuse, 115-118, 141, 147-148

Cruelty link, xix, 47

Cultural theories, 91

D

Demographic variables, 20-21

Dependent variables, 27-28

Descartes, Rene, 37-38

Deviance, 15, 23-24, 74-78, 105, 133-134, 137

Differential association theory, 92

Domestic violence (see also Family violence), 15-16, 81-83, 107, 109

E

Education, importance of, 63, 141, 148

Elizabethan Poor Law, xx

Environmental sociology, 1, 4

F

Family violence (see also Domestic violence), 15-16, 81-83, 107, 109

Family violence and animal abuse, (see also Animal abuse and family violence), 64, 67-68, 72, 78-80, 113-115, 136-138, 148

Family violence and child abuse (see also Child abuse and family violence), 119-123

Family violence theories, 90-95

Family violence, definitions of, 83-84

Family violence, rates of, 88-89

Family violence, research, 84-85

Family violence, risk factors, 89-90

Felony animal abuse provisions, 49-53

Feminist theory, 91

G

General strain theory, 93