Introduction
Chapter 1 Against Cruelty? The Act Against Plowing by the Tayle
Chapter 2 The Prosecution of Animal Cruelty in Puritan
Massachusetts, 1636-1683
Chapter 3 Towards a Sociology of Animal Sexual Assault
Chapter 4 Horse Maiming and the Sport of Kings
Chapter 5 Is There a Progression from Animal Abuse to Interhuman
Violence?
Epilogue
Piers Beirne is professor of sociology and legal studies at the University of Southern Maine. He is recognized as a leading scholar in the emerging field of green criminology.
Beirne, who originated the non-speciesist approach to criminology
and is a leading exponent of green criminology, brings together for
the first time his main themes and research interests within one
text. As the originator of this approach, this book will further
establish Beirne's reputation as the leading scholar of
non-speciesist criminology. The originality in identifying a
serious problem in traditional analyses of human-nonhuman relations
is a major contribution to the field.
*Roger Yates, University College Dublin*
Piers Beirne has the knack of asking questions that are sometimes
uncomfortable, occasionally confronting, yet always thought
provoking and considerate. This book takes us on a fascinating and
highly informative journey into the contentious world of animal
cruelty and human specieism. It not only challenges how we look at
the issues, but also raises concerns about how we ought to respond
to them at a practical level as well. It is a must read.
*Rob White, University of Tasmania, Australia*
Piers Beirne's Confronting Animal Abuse will inform and direct all
aspects of sociological research for decades to come—a book not for
specialists only, but for anyone interested in understanding the
past history and future prospects of animal protection.
*Empty Cages: Facing The Challenge Of Animal Rights*
In this welcome and thought-provoking book, Piers Beirne brings
together evidence and debate to consider various contradictions in
humanity's relationship with other species, the politics and
principles of animal rights and animal welfare, and links between
inter-human violence and abuse of animals. This scholarly review
will quickly establish itself as the key reference point for anyone
wishing to engage with these highly complex matters.
*Nigel South, University of Essex*
Beirne brilliantly demonstrates how concern about animal abuse is
primarily motivated by human self-interest. He attends to the
tension between suggesting that the criminal justice system take
animal abuse more seriously on the one hand and adding to the
already immense criminalized and marginalized populations on the
other. Beirne shows that criminology needs to confront these issues
and that criminologists cannot simply accept anthropocentric
definitions of what constitutes harm and crime.
*Amy J. Fitzgerald, University of Windsor*
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