Piers Beirne is professor of sociology and legal studies at the University of Southern Maine. He is recognized as a leading scholar in the emerging field of green criminology.

Beirne, who originated the non-speciesist approach to criminology and is a leading exponent of green criminology, brings together for the first time his main themes and research interests within one text. As the originator of this approach, this book will further establish Beirne's reputation as the leading scholar of non-speciesist criminology. The originality in identifying a serious problem in traditional analyses of human-nonhuman relations is a major contribution to the field.

• IntroductionChapter 1 Against Cruelty? The Act Against Plowing by the TayleChapter 2 The Prosecution of Animal Cruelty in Puritan Massachusetts, 1636-1683Chapter 3 Towards a Sociology of Animal Sexual AssaultChapter 4 Horse Maiming and the Sport of KingsChapter 5 Is There a Progression from Animal Abuse to Interhuman Violence?Epilogue

Piers Beirne is professor of sociology and legal studies at the University of Southern Maine. He is recognized as a leading scholar in the emerging field of green criminology.

Beirne, who originated the non-speciesist approach to criminology and is a leading exponent of green criminology, brings together for the first time his main themes and research interests within one text. As the originator of this approach, this book will further establish Beirne's reputation as the leading scholar of non-speciesist criminology. The originality in identifying a serious problem in traditional analyses of human-nonhuman relations is a major contribution to the field.

• IntroductionChapter 1 Against Cruelty? The Act Against Plowing by the TayleChapter 2 The Prosecution of Animal Cruelty in Puritan Massachusetts, 1636-1683Chapter 3 Towards a Sociology of Animal Sexual AssaultChapter 4 Horse Maiming and the Sport of KingsChapter 5 Is There a Progression from Animal Abuse to Interhuman Violence?Epilogue

Piers Beirne is professor of sociology and legal studies at the University of Southern Maine. He is recognized as a leading scholar in the emerging field of green criminology.

Beirne, who originated the non-speciesist approach to criminology and is a leading exponent of green criminology, brings together for the first time his main themes and research interests within one text. As the originator of this approach, this book will further establish Beirne's reputation as the leading scholar of non-speciesist criminology. The originality in identifying a serious problem in traditional analyses of human-nonhuman relations is a major contribution to the field.

• IntroductionChapter 1 Against Cruelty? The Act Against Plowing by the TayleChapter 2 The Prosecution of Animal Cruelty in Puritan Massachusetts, 1636-1683Chapter 3 Towards a Sociology of Animal Sexual AssaultChapter 4 Horse Maiming and the Sport of KingsChapter 5 Is There a Progression from Animal Abuse to Interhuman Violence?Epilogue