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Confronting animal abuse : law, criminology, and human-animal relationships /

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 k...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beirne, Piers
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.