HENG CHOON (OLIVER) CHAN is an Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Birmingham, UK. Dr. Chan’s research focuses on sexual homicide, sexual offending, stalking, psycho- criminology, and Asian criminology. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and presented at numerous academic conferences. He is the author and co-author of six books, including A Global Casebook of Sexual Homicide and Psycho-Criminological Approaches to Stalking Behavior: An International Perspective. He is the series editor of Psycho-Criminology of Crime, Mental Health, and the Law, and serves on the editorial boards of several leading journals. REBECCA W.Y. WONG is an Assistant Professor at City University of Hong Kong. Her primary research interests are in the fields of green criminology with a specific focus on illegal endangered wildlife trade in Hong Kong and Mainland China. She is also interested in criminal networks and issues of trust in the underworld. Her book The Illegal Wildlife Trade in China: Understanding Distribution Networks was awarded the Distinguished Book Award by the Asian Criminological Society in 2020.

• List of Figures xiiiList of Tables xivAbout the Editors xvAbout the Contributors xviiForeword xxiEndorsements xxiv1 Introduction: A Psycho-Criminological Understanding of Animal Abuse and Interpersonal Violence 1Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan and Rebecca W. Y. WongPart 1 Theory and Research 92 Animal Abuse: Beyond Companion Animals and Domestic Households 11Rebecca W. Y. Wong3 The Animal Cruelty-Delinquency Relationship: Violence Graduation, Deviance Generalization, or Antecedent Lifestyle? 19Glenn D. Walters4 Animal Cruelty and the Development of "Link" Research between Nonhuman and Human Violence 32Suzanne E. Tallichet and Elizabeth B. Perkins5 Attitudes toward Animal Abuse and Interpersonal Relating 47Michelle Newberry6 Toward a Classification of Animal Maltreatment 64Alan R. Felthous and Marissa A. Hirsch7 How Animal Abuse Is Related to Interpersonal Violence: A Review of Research in Turkey 75Seda Akdemir Ekizoglu8 Dog Ownership, Love, and Violentization among Young People in the United Kingdom 92Jennifer A. Maher9 Instrumental Harm toward Animals in a Milgram-like Experiment in France: The Role of Nonpathological Personality Traits 111Laurent Bègue and Kevin VezirianPart 2 Policy and Practice 12910 Animal Cruelty, the Link to Interpersonal Violence, and the Law 131Brian Holoyda11 Bestiality: Understanding Sex with Animals and Its Forensic Relevance 144Brian Holoyda12 The Role of Veterinarians in the Recognition of Animal Cruelty: Lessons from a Pilot Study in the Netherlands 159Anton van Wijk and Nienke Endenburg13 Animal Abuse, Control, and Intimate Partner Violence 169Angus Nurse and Nadine Harding14 Substance Abuse and Animal Maltreatment: An Overlooked Opportunity for Intervention? 183Lacey Levitt15 The Impact of Discretion in the Criminal Justice System on Animal Cruelty Prosecutions in Hong Kong 210Amanda Whitfort, Fiona Woodhouse, Shuping Ho, and Marsha Chun16 Conclusion 227Rebecca W. Y. Wong and Heng Choon (Oliver) ChanIndex 230

HENG CHOON (OLIVER) CHAN is an Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Birmingham, UK. Dr. Chan’s research focuses on sexual homicide, sexual offending, stalking, psycho- criminology, and Asian criminology. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and presented at numerous academic conferences. He is the author and co-author of six books, including A Global Casebook of Sexual Homicide and Psycho-Criminological Approaches to Stalking Behavior: An International Perspective. He is the series editor of Psycho-Criminology of Crime, Mental Health, and the Law, and serves on the editorial boards of several leading journals. REBECCA W.Y. WONG is an Assistant Professor at City University of Hong Kong. Her primary research interests are in the fields of green criminology with a specific focus on illegal endangered wildlife trade in Hong Kong and Mainland China. She is also interested in criminal networks and issues of trust in the underworld. Her book The Illegal Wildlife Trade in China: Understanding Distribution Networks was awarded the Distinguished Book Award by the Asian Criminological Society in 2020.

• List of Figures xiiiList of Tables xivAbout the Editors xvAbout the Contributors xviiForeword xxiEndorsements xxiv1 Introduction: A Psycho-Criminological Understanding of Animal Abuse and Interpersonal Violence 1Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan and Rebecca W. Y. WongPart 1 Theory and Research 92 Animal Abuse: Beyond Companion Animals and Domestic Households 11Rebecca W. Y. Wong3 The Animal Cruelty-Delinquency Relationship: Violence Graduation, Deviance Generalization, or Antecedent Lifestyle? 19Glenn D. Walters4 Animal Cruelty and the Development of "Link" Research between Nonhuman and Human Violence 32Suzanne E. Tallichet and Elizabeth B. Perkins5 Attitudes toward Animal Abuse and Interpersonal Relating 47Michelle Newberry6 Toward a Classification of Animal Maltreatment 64Alan R. Felthous and Marissa A. Hirsch7 How Animal Abuse Is Related to Interpersonal Violence: A Review of Research in Turkey 75Seda Akdemir Ekizoglu8 Dog Ownership, Love, and Violentization among Young People in the United Kingdom 92Jennifer A. Maher9 Instrumental Harm toward Animals in a Milgram-like Experiment in France: The Role of Nonpathological Personality Traits 111Laurent Bègue and Kevin VezirianPart 2 Policy and Practice 12910 Animal Cruelty, the Link to Interpersonal Violence, and the Law 131Brian Holoyda11 Bestiality: Understanding Sex with Animals and Its Forensic Relevance 144Brian Holoyda12 The Role of Veterinarians in the Recognition of Animal Cruelty: Lessons from a Pilot Study in the Netherlands 159Anton van Wijk and Nienke Endenburg13 Animal Abuse, Control, and Intimate Partner Violence 169Angus Nurse and Nadine Harding14 Substance Abuse and Animal Maltreatment: An Overlooked Opportunity for Intervention? 183Lacey Levitt15 The Impact of Discretion in the Criminal Justice System on Animal Cruelty Prosecutions in Hong Kong 210Amanda Whitfort, Fiona Woodhouse, Shuping Ho, and Marsha Chun16 Conclusion 227Rebecca W. Y. Wong and Heng Choon (Oliver) ChanIndex 230

HENG CHOON (OLIVER) CHAN is an Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Birmingham, UK. Dr. Chan’s research focuses on sexual homicide, sexual offending, stalking, psycho- criminology, and Asian criminology. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and presented at numerous academic conferences. He is the author and co-author of six books, including A Global Casebook of Sexual Homicide and Psycho-Criminological Approaches to Stalking Behavior: An International Perspective. He is the series editor of Psycho-Criminology of Crime, Mental Health, and the Law, and serves on the editorial boards of several leading journals. REBECCA W.Y. WONG is an Assistant Professor at City University of Hong Kong. Her primary research interests are in the fields of green criminology with a specific focus on illegal endangered wildlife trade in Hong Kong and Mainland China. She is also interested in criminal networks and issues of trust in the underworld. Her book The Illegal Wildlife Trade in China: Understanding Distribution Networks was awarded the Distinguished Book Award by the Asian Criminological Society in 2020.

• List of Figures xiiiList of Tables xivAbout the Editors xvAbout the Contributors xviiForeword xxiEndorsements xxiv1 Introduction: A Psycho-Criminological Understanding of Animal Abuse and Interpersonal Violence 1Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan and Rebecca W. Y. WongPart 1 Theory and Research 92 Animal Abuse: Beyond Companion Animals and Domestic Households 11Rebecca W. Y. Wong3 The Animal Cruelty-Delinquency Relationship: Violence Graduation, Deviance Generalization, or Antecedent Lifestyle? 19Glenn D. Walters4 Animal Cruelty and the Development of "Link" Research between Nonhuman and Human Violence 32Suzanne E. Tallichet and Elizabeth B. Perkins5 Attitudes toward Animal Abuse and Interpersonal Relating 47Michelle Newberry6 Toward a Classification of Animal Maltreatment 64Alan R. Felthous and Marissa A. Hirsch7 How Animal Abuse Is Related to Interpersonal Violence: A Review of Research in Turkey 75Seda Akdemir Ekizoglu8 Dog Ownership, Love, and Violentization among Young People in the United Kingdom 92Jennifer A. Maher9 Instrumental Harm toward Animals in a Milgram-like Experiment in France: The Role of Nonpathological Personality Traits 111Laurent Bègue and Kevin VezirianPart 2 Policy and Practice 12910 Animal Cruelty, the Link to Interpersonal Violence, and the Law 131Brian Holoyda11 Bestiality: Understanding Sex with Animals and Its Forensic Relevance 144Brian Holoyda12 The Role of Veterinarians in the Recognition of Animal Cruelty: Lessons from a Pilot Study in the Netherlands 159Anton van Wijk and Nienke Endenburg13 Animal Abuse, Control, and Intimate Partner Violence 169Angus Nurse and Nadine Harding14 Substance Abuse and Animal Maltreatment: An Overlooked Opportunity for Intervention? 183Lacey Levitt15 The Impact of Discretion in the Criminal Justice System on Animal Cruelty Prosecutions in Hong Kong 210Amanda Whitfort, Fiona Woodhouse, Shuping Ho, and Marsha Chun16 Conclusion 227Rebecca W. Y. Wong and Heng Choon (Oliver) ChanIndex 230