Linking Animal Cruelty and Family Violence
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Linking Animal Cruelty and Family Violence By Lisa Anne Zilney

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Defining Abuse

55

Animal Abuse Research

63

Findings

69

Graduation or Generality of Deviance?

73

Chapter 4 ESTABLISHING A LINK?

81

Family Violence Definitional Concerns

83

Family Violence Research

84

Theories of Family Violence

90

Life Course Perspective

93

Gender Differences Regarding Infliction of Violence

95

Partner Abuse and Animal Abuse

97

Inclusive of Life Course Variables

105

Exclusive of Life Course Variables

107

Partner Victimization

109

Child Abuse and Animal Abuse

113

Inclusive of Life Course Variables

120

Exclusive of Life Course Variables

122

Chapter 5 MASCULINITIES AND NONHUMANS

127

Attitudes toward Animals and Women

131

Gender Differences

133

Pet Ownership Differences

134

Using Attitudes to Predict Nonhuman Abuse

136

Chapter 6 DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS

139

Limitations of the Data

143

Suggestions for Future Research

144

Implications of the Research

147

Appendix 1 SURVEY INSTRUMENT AND INFORMATION

151

Appendix 2 FULL REGRESSION MODELS

173

Appendix 3 CORRELATION MATRIX OF INDICES

181

Works Cited

183

Index

205