TY - JOUR
T1 - Moral disengagement and attitudes about violence toward animals
AU - Vollum, Scott
AU - Buffington-Vollum, Jacqueline
AU - Longmire, Dennis R.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Despite a growing body of evidence linking nonhuman animal cruelty to violence toward humans and increasing knowledge of the pain and suffering that animals experience at the hands of humans, research on violence toward animals is relatively sparse. This study examines public attitudes about violence against animals and the criminal justice response to such acts. The study included, as part of a statewide survey, questions of Texas residents gauging the perceived severity of numerous violent acts against nonhuman animals as well as the preferred criminal justice response. The paper presents descriptive analyses and employs OLS Regression to assess the relationship between Bandura's (1990, 1999) mechanisms of moral disengagement and violence toward animals. The paper discusses implications for future research on animal cruelty and animal abuse.
AB - Despite a growing body of evidence linking nonhuman animal cruelty to violence toward humans and increasing knowledge of the pain and suffering that animals experience at the hands of humans, research on violence toward animals is relatively sparse. This study examines public attitudes about violence against animals and the criminal justice response to such acts. The study included, as part of a statewide survey, questions of Texas residents gauging the perceived severity of numerous violent acts against nonhuman animals as well as the preferred criminal justice response. The paper presents descriptive analyses and employs OLS Regression to assess the relationship between Bandura's (1990, 1999) mechanisms of moral disengagement and violence toward animals. The paper discusses implications for future research on animal cruelty and animal abuse.
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U2 - 10.1163/1568530042880668
DO - 10.1163/1568530042880668
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:13444309595
SN - 1063-1119
VL - 12
SP - 209
EP - 235
JO - Society and Animals
JF - Society and Animals
IS - 3
ER -