According to the statistics of Census and Statistics Department in 2018, it was estimated that there were over 240,000 households in Hong Kong owning pet dogs or pet cats, which account for 9% of households in Hong Kong. However, there has also been a worrying trend of animal abuse cases in Hong Kong. It is easy to assume that animal abuse only involves the mistreatment of companion animals in a domestic setting, but animal abuse occurs in many forms and contexts.
Professor Rebecca WONG Wing-yee, Associate Professor of CityU’s Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences recently has co-edited a new publication Animal Abuse & Interpersonal Violence: A Psycho-Criminological Understanding with former CityU scholar Professor Oliver CHAN. The book addresses the many aspects of the link between animal cruelty and human violence. Presenting new theory, research, policy, and practice, this authoritative volume explores the subject through a psycho-criminological lens to describe, explain, and potentially prevent intentional behaviour that causes pain, suffering, or death in animals and humans.
With an integrated theoretical-practical approach, Animal Abuse & Interpersonal Violence offers up-to-date research and provides real-world insights into current thinking in the study of animal abuse and interpersonal violence. Sixteen in-depth chapters by a multidisciplinary team of active researchers and experienced field practitioners examine central topics in the field, including different forms of animal exploitation, connections between animal cruelty and substance abuse, the association between childhood animal cruelty and adult interpersonal violence, the role of veterinarians in the identification of animal abuse cases, the complex legal aspects of animal abuse cases, and more.
Animal Abuse & Interpersonal Violence: A Psycho-Criminological Understanding is essential reading for practitioners, researchers, scholars, and advanced students in fields such as behavioural science, law, criminology, veterinary forensics, criminal justice, law enforcement, social work, sociology, social sciences, education, and animal welfare.
Animal Abuse and Interpersonal Violence: A Psycho‐Criminological Understanding
Editor(s): Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan, Rebecca W. Y. Wong
First published: 21 September 2023
Print ISBN: 9781119894100 |Online ISBN: 9781119894131
Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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