@article{Vollum_2010, place={Washington DC: American Sociological Association.}, title={Sociology/Criminal Justice 395 Violence Against Animals}, url={https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/sociologycriminal-justice-395-violence-against}, abstractNote={This course provides an introduction to the study of, and issues surrounding, violence against animals in its many forms. The social reality of animal cruelty, animal abuse, and other forms of violence against animals is explored by incorporating sociological, criminological, psychological, philosophical, and legal perspectives. The course begins with an examination of the role and presence of non-human animals in human society, in criminological inquiry and in the law. It, then, explores the fundamental issue of what constitutes animal cruelty, animal abuse, or violence against animals, in general, and the different forms it takes. The course then focuses on the different contexts of violence against animals, beginning with its study in the context of intrahuman violence. Two primary aspects of this context are examined: violence against animals as predictive of violence against humans and violence against animals as co-occurring with violence against humans. Finally, violence against animals is examined as a social problem/act of violence worthy of study in and of itself, irrespective of its tie to intra-species human violence. In these contexts, both individualized and institutionalized forms of violence against animals will be considered and discussed.}, journal={TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology}, author={Vollum, Scott}, year={2010}, month={Apr.} }