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Untangling the Animal Abuse Web

Untangling the Animal Abuse Web 257 Untangling the Animal Abuse Web Dorian Solot1 PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND Academics like to erect walls. The walls do an excellent job of dividing things into neat categories: child abuse on this side of the wall, domestic violence on that side, another wall for the cruelty to animals section over there. The problem with all the walls is that they start to block our view, preventing access to each other's tools and methods. In my experience as a domestic violence hotline counselor, animal shelter staff member, community mediator, advocate for abused children, and organizer and facilitator of several alternatives to violence programs for prison inmates, drug users, and inner-city youth, the landscape of violence begins to look familiar. Yet the literature, language, and research methodology of each "type" of violence look surprisingly different, despite the gradual realization over the last two decades that the strands in the "tangled web of violence" are worth more attention than they've previously received. In the sphere of cruelty to animals, those on the front lines of investigation and direct service seem to be several big leaps ahead of the academics. While cities around the country organize conferences to discuss cross-training for the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Society & Animals Brill

Untangling the Animal Abuse Web

Society & Animals , Volume 5 (3): 257 – Jan 1, 1997

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Brill
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© 1997 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1063-1119
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1568-5306
DOI
10.1163/156853097X00169
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257 Untangling the Animal Abuse Web Dorian Solot1 PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND Academics like to erect walls. The walls do an excellent job of dividing things into neat categories: child abuse on this side of the wall, domestic violence on that side, another wall for the cruelty to animals section over there. The problem with all the walls is that they start to block our view, preventing access to each other's tools and methods. In my experience as a domestic violence hotline counselor, animal shelter staff member, community mediator, advocate for abused children, and organizer and facilitator of several alternatives to violence programs for prison inmates, drug users, and inner-city youth, the landscape of violence begins to look familiar. Yet the literature, language, and research methodology of each "type" of violence look surprisingly different, despite the gradual realization over the last two decades that the strands in the "tangled web of violence" are worth more attention than they've previously received. In the sphere of cruelty to animals, those on the front lines of investigation and direct service seem to be several big leaps ahead of the academics. While cities around the country organize conferences to discuss cross-training for the

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Published: Jan 1, 1997

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