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Author Beirne, Piers.

Title Confronting animal abuse : law, criminology, and human-animal relationships / Piers Beirne.

Publication Info. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 237 pages) : illustrations, map
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-226) and index.
Contents Against cruelty? Understanding the Act Against Plowing by the Tayle (Ireland, 1635) -- The prosecution of animal cruelty in Puritan Massachusetts, 1636-1683 -- Toward a sociology of animal sexual assault -- Horse maiming and the sport of kings -- Is there a progression from animal abuse to interhuman violence? -- Epilogue.
Summary Confronting Animal Abuse presents a powerful examination of the human-animal relationship and the laws designed to protect it. Piers Beirne, a leading scholar in the growing field of green criminology, explores the heated topic of animal abuse in agriculture, science, and sport, as well as what is known, if anything, about the potential for animal assault to lead to inter-human violence. He convincingly shows how from its roots in the Irish plow-fields of 1635 through today, animal-rights legislation has been primarily shaped by human interest and why we must reconsider the terms of human-anim.
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Subject Animal welfare -- Law and legislation.
Animal welfare -- Law and legislation.
Animal welfare -- Law and legislation -- History.
History.
Animal welfare -- Psychological aspects.
Animal welfare.
Psychological aspects.
Bestiality (Crime)
Bestiality (Crime)
Chronological Term Geschichte 1635-2008
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Beirne, Piers. Confronting animal abuse. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2009 9780742547438 0742547434 (DLC) 2009004788 (OCoLC)301948856
ISBN 9780742599741 (electronic book)
0742599744 (electronic book)
0742547434 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780742547438 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0742547442 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780742547445 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
1282497677
9781282497672
9780742547438 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780742547445 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
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