@article{ref1,
title="Childhood Cruelty To Animals and Later Aggression Against People: A Review",
journal="American journal of psychiatry",
year="1987",
author="Felthous, Alan R. and Kellert, Stephen R.",
volume="144",
number="6",
pages="710-717",
abstract="The existing literature on the relationship between childhood cruelty to animals and later violence against people appears to be inconsistent. The authors review the controlled studies that did not support this relationship and those that did and identify several methodological factors that may have contributed to the contradictory findings. Studies using direct interviews to examine subjects with multiple acts of violence point to an association between a pattern of childhood animal cruelty and later serious, recurrent aggression against people. Identification of such a relationship could improve understanding of impulsive violence and facilitate early intervention and prevention. (Abstract Adapted from Source: American Journal of Psychiatry, 1987. Copyright © 1987 by American Psychiatric Publishing)Animal Abuse-Violence LinkChild AggressionChild DevelopmentChild OffenderChild ViolenceYouth DevelopmentAdult OffenderAdult ViolenceLife CourseIncarceratedAdult AggressionAggression CausesViolence CausesViolence EffectsAggression EffectsLiterature Review10-02<p />",
language="en",
issn="0002-953X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}