目次

Introduction.-  Historical Background of Animal Cruelty.- Attachment.- Empathy.- General Violence.- Meloy’s Biopsychosocial Model of Violence.- Meloy’s Bimodal Theory of Affective (Reactive) and Predatory (Instrumental) Violence.- The Relationship Between Violence, Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy.- Interpersonal Violence.- Description of the Problem of Animal Cruelty and Its Association with Interpersonal Violence.- The Relationship Between Family Violence and Animal Cruelty.- Predicting Risk of Animal Cruelty and other Violence.- Motivations of Animal Cruelty Acts and Other Violence.- Methods.- Material.- Results.- Discussion.- Case Example of Affective Animal Cruelty Offenses.-  Case Example of Predatory Animal Cruelty Offenses.- Comparison of Affective and Predatory Offenders.- Suggestions.- Conclusion.- Limitations and Strengths.