Brute force : animal police and the challenge of cruelty /

Brute Force looks at people having the most contact with everyday animal abuse- humane law enforcement officers who are charged with enforcing anti-cruelty statutes. The author spent one year studying 30 animal cops and dispatchers in two large cities

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arluke, Arnold
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, c2004
West Lafayette, Ind. : [2004]
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Pecking order
  • 2. The cruelty-finding exercise
  • 3. Sizing up situations
  • 4. Brute force
  • 5. It's just a dog
  • Pecking order
  • The cruelty-finding exercise
  • Sizing up situations
  • Brute force
  • It's just a dog
  • Introduction : the rookie's dilemma
  • 1 Pecking order
  • 2. The cruelty-finding exercise
  • 3. Sizing up situations
  • 4. Brute force
  • 5. It's just a dog
  • Conclusion : humane realism.