Just a Dog : Understanding Animal Cruelty and Ourselves /

Psychiatrists define cruelty to animals as a psychological problem or personality disorder. Legally, animal cruelty is described by a list of behaviors. In Just a Dog, Arnold Arluke argues that our current constructs of animal cruelty are decontextualized--imposed without regard to the experience of...

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Main Author: Arluke, Arnold
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2006.
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