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The AniCare Model of Treatment for Animal Abuse
Created by Society & Animals Forum (formerly known as PSYETA) in unique partnership with the Doris Day Animal Foundation in 1999, The AniCare Model of Treatment for Animal Abuse is the first professionally developed psychological intervention program for animal abusers over the age of 17.
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The AniCare Child Model
An Assessment and Treatment Approach For Childhood Animal Abuse
AniCare Child is the first published treatment approach to focus exclusively on juvenile cruelty to animals. The 90 page practitioner's handbook provides comprehensive strategies and practical suggestions for assessing and treating childhood animal abuse. AniCare Child can be used as the primary treatment focus or as an ancillary treatment.
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Children and Animals: Exploring the Roots of Kindness and Cruelty - Ascione and Arkow
When humans' relationships with animals become distorted, they turn into examples of maltreatment and cruelty. The perpetrators of such inhumane treatment are often children and adolescents. How common are these incidents? What motivates human maltreatment of animals? Are there cultural, societal, neighborhood, and family contexts that contribute to cruelty to animals? How early in a child's life does cruelty to animals emerge and are these incidents always a sign of future interpersonal violence? Are there ways of preventing such cruelty? Can we intervene effectively with children who already have a history of abuse and violence?
This book presents the current scientific and professional wisdom about the relation between the maltreatment of animals and interpersonal violence directed toward other human beings. The author, Frank R. Ascione, a noted expert in these areas, writes in a style and presents the findings in language that will be understandable to teachers, counselors, clergy, animal welfare and mental health professionals.
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Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Animal Abuse
Edited by Frank R. Ascione and Phil Arkow
Evidence is mounting that animal abuse, frequently embedded in families scarred by domestic violence and child abuse and neglect, often predicts the potential for other violent acts. As early intervention is critical in the prevention and reduction of aggression, this boo encourages researchers and professionals to recognize animal abuse as significant problem and a human public-health issue that should be included as a curriculum topic in training.
This book is an interdisciplinary sourcebook of original essays that examines the relations between animal maltreatment and human interpersonal violence, expands the scope of research in this growing area, and provides practical strategies to help professionals confronting violence do their jobs better by attending to these connections.
The book brings together many of the leaders in this emerging field. They examine contemporary research and programmatic issues, encourage cross-disciplinary interactions, and describe innovative programs in the field today.
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Cruelty to Animals and Interpersonal Violence Lockwood and Ascione
The landscapes of violence have become too familiar, too close to home. Despite decades of scientific research, we are only beginning to understand the roots of violence that connect child maltreatment, spouse and partner abuse, and aggression in our neighborhoods and communities.
Cruelty to animals is often part of these landscapes of violence-at times, a strong link to destructive interpersonal relationships. Research on this link has recently received increased attention. The book presents historical, philosophical, and research sources that explore the maltreatment of animals and the ways people hurt each other. Diverse disciplines are represented among the readings, including psychology and psychiatry, criminology, social work, veterinary science, and anthropology. A bibliography of related books and articles is provided.
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Animal Cruelty: Pathway to Violence Against People
co-authored by Merz-Perez & Heide
Offenders of violent crimes are significantly more likely to have abused pets and stray animals in their childhood, according to a study by University of South Florida professor Kathleen Heide and animal welfare expert Linda Merz-Perez. Indicating that animal abuse during childhood serves as a "red flag" early on, the study is the first to provide both quantitative and qualitative analyses of the correlation between childhood animal cruelty and adult violent behavior.
The findings, released in this book are from the study and have far-reaching implications for the fields of juvenile justice, domestic abuse, animal and rights, developmental psychology and law enforcement. Results bring to the fore important issues for parents and guardians, such as taking the first signs of cruelty toward animals seriously and immediately intervening in instances of abuse.
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Clinical Assessment of Juvenile Animal Cruelty
Shari Lewchanin and Ellen Zimmerman
This manual will serve as a guide to assessing the severity of juvenile animal cruelty and leads the clinician towards the most effective intervention for treatment of the child and family. A thoughtful alternative to the one size fits all approach to animal cruelty in children.
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The Empathy Connection
Doris Day Animal Foundation
Inside you will find tips for empathy building, such as teaching the language of emotion, and 9 specific steps to empathy, including illustrations. Useful for teachers, parents, community leaders, and domestic violence counselors. Based on the latest research on empathy development. |
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The Violence Connection
Doris Day Animal Foundation
This publication stresses the growing importance of treating animal abuse as a serious crime. Intermixing research with illustrative examples, it examines the link between animal abuse and child abuse, domestic violence, and other crimes. An important resource for judges, prosecutors, police officers, advocates for domestic violence victims, educators, mental health professionals, and child protective service workers. |
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Protecting Children Vol 19 Number 1, 2004; "Understanding and Addressing the Link between Child Maltreatment and Animal Abuse: A Cross-systems Approach to Proctecting And Supporting Families
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Teaching Empathy: Animal-Assisted Therapy Programs for Children and Families Exposed to Violence, Lynn Loar, PhD and Liby Coleman, PhD 2004
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Breaking the Cycles of Violence: A Guide to Multi-disciplinary Interventions, Phil Arkow and coinciding Video
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Silent Victim: Recognizing & Stopping Animal Abuse, FIREPAW, 2005
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The "Nicholas Series" by Sharon Scott - “Too Smart for Trouble; “Not Better….Not Worse..Just Different”;“Too Cool for Drugs; and “Life’s Not Always Fair”
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