Violence Against Women http://vaw.sagepub.com/ Adulthood Animal Abuse Among Men Arrested for Domestic Violence Jeniimarie Febres, Hope Brasfield, Ryan C. Shorey, Joanna Elmquist, Andrew Ninnemann, Yael C. Schonbrun, Jeff R. Temple, Patricia R. Recupero and Gregory L. Stuart Violence Against Women 2014 20: 1059 DOI: 10.1177/1077801214549641 The online version of this article can be found at: http://vaw.sagepub.com/content/20/9/1059 Published by: SSAGE http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for Violence Against Women can be found at: Email Alerts:http://vaw.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://vaw.sagepub.com/subscriptions Reprints:http://www.sagepub.com/journalsReprints.nav Permissions:http://www.sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav >> Version of Record - Oct 15, 2014 What is This? DdDowoamadetidroavasasæpeputDobyhgugse stroNd vevebebe191202@14
Article Adulthood Animal Abuse Among Men Arrested for Domestic Violence Violence Against Women 2014, Vol. 20(9) 1059-1077 The Author(s) 2014 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1077801214549641 vaw.sagepub.com SSAGE Jeniimarie Febres', Hope Brasfield', Ryan C. Shorey4, Joanna Elmquist', Andrew Ninnemann2, Yael C. Schonbrun2, Jeff R. Temple3, Patricia R. Recupero2, and Gregory L. Stuart! Abstract Learning more about intimate partner violence (IPV), perpetrators could aid the development of more effective treatments. The prevalence of adulthood animal abuse (AAA) perpetration and its association with IPV perpetration, antisociality, and alcohol use in 307 men arrested for domestic violence were examined. Forty-one percent (n = 125) of the men committed at least one act of animal abuse since the age of 18, in contrast to the 1.5% prevalence rate reported by men in the general population. Controlling for antisociality and alcohol use, AAA showed a trend toward a significant association with physical and severe psychological IPV perpetration. Keywords animal abuse, intimate partner violence, male perpetrator The prevalence of male-perpetrated intimate partner violence (IPV) in the United States remains alarmingly high. Studies show that up to 55% of women are victims of IPV in their lifetime (Black et al., 2011; Coker, Smith, Mckeown, & King, 2000; Thompson et al., 2006; Tjaden & Thoennes, 2000). IPV victimization has been associ- ated with numerous devastating physical and mental health consequences (Black et al., 2011; Coker et al., 2002; Follingstad, 2009; Temple, Weston, & Marshall, 2005; 'University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA 2Butler Hospital & Brown University, Providence, RI, USA 3University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, USA 4Ohio University, USA Corresponding Author: Jeniimarie Febres, Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, 204 Austin Peay Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA. Email: jfebres@utk.edu Downloaded fromaw.sagepub.conby guest on November 19, 2014
1060 Violence Against Women 20(9) Zlotnick, Johnson, & Kohn, 2006). A substantial number of women are victims of the most extreme of these consequences: intimate partner homicide. In fact, in 2005 alone, intimate homicide accounted for the deaths of 1,181 women in the United States (U.S. Department of Justice, 2007). Despite the striking prevalence and devastating costs of IPV, intervention programs designed to prevent recidivism of male-perpetrated violence have demonstrated lim- ited effectiveness (Babcock, Green, & Robie, 2004; Feder & Wilson, 2005). At the same time, there is increasing evidence that male-perpetrated IPV is associated with an array of factors considered to be antisocial in nature, including aggression against animals, problematic alcohol use, and antisocial personality traits. Obtaining more information