zippy-kat
08-13-2002, 01:31 AM
Sources: Pima County Attorney's Office, Humane Society of the United States
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/living/8_6_02cruelty_side.html
*76 percent of animal cruelty offenses are committed by males (and of those, 90 percent involve intentional cruelty and dog fighting.)
*48 percent of rapists and 30 percent of child molesters committed acts of animal cruelty as children or adolescents.
*71 percent of abused women report that their batterers have threatened to hurt/kill their pets and have done so, while 32 percent of battered women with children report that their children have hurt or killed pets.
*80 percent of homes in which animal control agencies found abused/neglected pets there had been previous investigations by child welfare agencies of physical abuse and neglect.
*Most teen schoolyard shooters were abusing animals months or even years prior to their killing sprees on school campuses. Likewise, many serial killers including Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore (Ted) Bundy, and Albert DeSalvo (Boston Strangler) abused, tortured or mutilated animals as youth.
*In 1997, the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Northwestern University examined criminal records of 153 animal abusers and 153 nonabusers over a 20-year period. The study found that people who abuse animals are five times more likely to commit violent crimes than nonabusers.
*The first clear description and systematic study of children who commit animal cruelty was released in 1977. It established the typical animal abuser as being a male of average intelligence with an early history of antisocial behavior, with a childhood history that is likely to include gross neglect, brutality, rejection and hostility.
*According to Pima County Animal Control manager Rodrigo Silva's reports for last fiscal year, July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002, the center received 2,812 complaints in the city and country regarding animal welfare, which includes animal neglect and misdemeanor animal abuse. Of those, 411 citations were issued and 699 dogs, 169 cats and 16 various other animals were impounded. The numbers are comparable to the previous two fiscal years.
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/living/8_6_02cruelty_side.html
*76 percent of animal cruelty offenses are committed by males (and of those, 90 percent involve intentional cruelty and dog fighting.)
*48 percent of rapists and 30 percent of child molesters committed acts of animal cruelty as children or adolescents.
*71 percent of abused women report that their batterers have threatened to hurt/kill their pets and have done so, while 32 percent of battered women with children report that their children have hurt or killed pets.
*80 percent of homes in which animal control agencies found abused/neglected pets there had been previous investigations by child welfare agencies of physical abuse and neglect.
*Most teen schoolyard shooters were abusing animals months or even years prior to their killing sprees on school campuses. Likewise, many serial killers including Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore (Ted) Bundy, and Albert DeSalvo (Boston Strangler) abused, tortured or mutilated animals as youth.
*In 1997, the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Northwestern University examined criminal records of 153 animal abusers and 153 nonabusers over a 20-year period. The study found that people who abuse animals are five times more likely to commit violent crimes than nonabusers.
*The first clear description and systematic study of children who commit animal cruelty was released in 1977. It established the typical animal abuser as being a male of average intelligence with an early history of antisocial behavior, with a childhood history that is likely to include gross neglect, brutality, rejection and hostility.
*According to Pima County Animal Control manager Rodrigo Silva's reports for last fiscal year, July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002, the center received 2,812 complaints in the city and country regarding animal welfare, which includes animal neglect and misdemeanor animal abuse. Of those, 411 citations were issued and 699 dogs, 169 cats and 16 various other animals were impounded. The numbers are comparable to the previous two fiscal years.