TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Animal maltreatment in the context of intimate partner violence: a manifestation of power and control?
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Fitzgerald, Amy J.
A1  - Barrett, Betty Jo
A1  - Stevenson, Rochelle
A1  - Cheung, Chi Ho
SP  - 1077801218824993
EP  - 1077801218824993
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - This study tests the theoretically informed assumption that intimate partner violence (IPV) and animal abuse so frequently co-occur because animal maltreatment is instrumentalized by abusers to harm human victims. Using data from a survey of abused women in Canadian shelters, we find that threats to harm "pets," emotional animal abuse, and animal neglect are clearly perceived by these survivors as being intentionally perpetrated by their abuser and motivated by a desire to upset and control them; the findings related to physical animal abuse are not as straightforward. Building on these findings, we propose a more nuanced theorizing of the coexistence of animal maltreatment and IPV.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801218824993
ID  - ref1
ER  -