Animals and Criminal Justice

Examines animals' roles within society and the laws that govern how humans treat them. Carmen M. Cusack focuses on current issues in human-animal relationships and how these are affected by the criminal justice system. Her analysis, while objective, is rooted in first-hand activist, professional, legal, and criminal justice experience.

List of contents

1: Introduction to Animals in Human Society; 2: Violence as Entertainment; 3: Animals, Religion, and Criminal Justice; 4: Canine Officers, K-9s, and Criminal Justice; 5: Other Animal Employees; 6: Animals in Corrections and Rehabilitation; 7: Animal Mistreatment; 8: Service Animals in the Criminal Justice System; 9: Animal Control; 10: Animal Welfarists; 11: Animals in Emergencies; 12: Relationships of Violence; 13: Baaaaaaad Animals; 14: Illegal Companionship between People and Animals; 15: Exotic Animals; 16: Sexual Abuse of Animals; 17: Multiple Animals; 18: Animals as Weapons; 19: Animals: Comparative Criminal Justice Systems; 20: Extremes; 21: Conclusion

About the author

Carmen M. Cusack

Summary

Examines animals' roles within society and the laws that govern how humans treat them. Carmen M. Cusack focuses on current issues in human-animal relationships and how these are affected by the criminal justice system. Her analysis, while objective, is rooted in first-hand activist, professional, legal, and criminal justice experience.

Product details

• Authors: Carmen M. Cusack, Cusack Carmen M.
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9781412865210
• ISBN: 978-1-4128-6521-0
• No. of pages: 252
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Criminal law & procedure, NATURE / Animals / Wildlife, Animal law, Wildlife: general interest, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Criminal law: procedure and offences, LAW / Animal Law