Palgrave International Handbook of Animal Abuse Studies

Dr Jennifer Maher is a senior lecturer at the Centre for Criminology, University of South Wales, UK. Dr Harriet Pierpoint is a Reader in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the Centre for Criminology at the University of South Wales. Professor Piers Beirne has taught sociology, law and criminology in England, Ireland and the United States, where he is currently Professor of Sociology and Legal Studies in the Criminology Department at the University of Southern Maine.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Breeding and Selling Domestic Animals.- 3. Physical Cruelty to Companion Animals.- 4. Animal Sexual Assault.- 5. Animal Neglect.- 6.  Animal Hoarding.- 7. Status Dogs.- 8. Breeding and Rearing Farmed Animals.- 9. Animal Slaughter.- 10. Collecting of Wildlife.- 11. International Trade in Animals and Animal Parts.- 12. Animal Abuse resulting from Wildlife Habitat Destruction.- 13. Animal Racing.-  14. Hunting and Shooting.- 15. Fish/Animals in Aquariums.- 16. Animal Fighting.- 17. Abuse of Shelter Animals in Laboratory Experimentation.- 18. Animal Abuse in Science.- 19. Harms to Police Dogs.- 20. Conservation and Invasive Alien Species.- 21. Legal and Illegal Theriocide of Trafficked Animals.- 22. Animals in War.- 23. Interventions with Animal Abuse Offenders