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Adulthood Animal Abuse Among Men Arrested For Domestic Violence, Jeniimarie Febres Aug 2012

Adulthood Animal Abuse Among Men Arrested For Domestic Violence, Jeniimarie Febres

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The effectiveness of batterer intervention programs at reducing future intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration is limited. Learning about perpetrators to more comprehensively address issues relevant to their aggressive tendencies could aid in the development of more effective treatments. This study examined the prevalence of adulthood animal abuse perpetration and its association with psychological and physical IPV perpetration, antisocial traits, and alcohol use in a sample of men arrested for domestic violence (N = 307). Forty-one percent (n = 125) of the men committed at least one act of animal abuse since the age of 18, in contrast to …