In this book, Nik Taylor and Heather Fraser consider how we might better understand human-animal companionship in the context of domestic violence. The authors

Evidence is mounting that animal abuse, frequently embedded in families scarred by domestic violence and child abuse and neglect, often predicts the potential f

Animal abuse is an increasingly recognized issue throughout the world and makes headlines every year. The plight of animals is well documented, but the hidden c

There have been dramatic increases in the financial, emotional, and psychological investment in pets over the past four decades. The increasing importance of an

Contains 46 articles by various authors concerned with cruelty to animals and how that relates to violent human relations.