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The Palgrave International Handbook of Animal Abuse Studies
Harriet Pierpoint (Ed.)
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Description for The Palgrave International Handbook of Animal Abuse Studies
Hardback. Editor(s): Pierpoint, Harriet. Num Pages: 537 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JMG; GBCY; JFFZ; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
This Handbook fills a large gap in current scholarly literature on animal abuse studies. It moves considerably beyond the debate that has traditionally dominated the discourse of animal abuse - the link between one-on-one interpersonal violence and animal abuse - and towards those institutionalised forms of animal abuse which are routine, everyday, socially acceptable and invisibilised. Chapters from expert contributors raise issues such as: the use of animals as edibles; vivisection; animal sexual assault; animals used in sport and hunting; animal trafficking; the use of animals by youth gangs, by other groups and in war; species extinction; and the passivity ... Read more
This Handbook fills a large gap in current scholarly literature on animal abuse studies. It moves considerably beyond the debate that has traditionally dominated the discourse of animal abuse - the link between one-on-one interpersonal violence and animal abuse - and towards those institutionalised forms of animal abuse which are routine, everyday, socially acceptable and invisibilised. Chapters from expert contributors raise issues such as: the use of animals as edibles; vivisection; animal sexual assault; animals used in sport and hunting; animal trafficking; the use of animals by youth gangs, by other groups and in war; species extinction; and the passivity ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
548
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137431820
SKU
V9781137431820
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Ref
99-15
About Harriet Pierpoint (Ed.)
Dr Jennifer Maher is a senior lecturer at the Centre for Criminology, University of South Wales, UK. Dr Harriet Pierpoint is a Reader in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the Centre for Criminology at the University of South Wales. Professor Piers Beirne has taught sociology, law and criminology in England, Ireland and the United States, where ... Read more
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