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Dog Care in Shelters
- 1. Defensive Handling
- 2. Why to Start a Dog Walking Program
- 3. The Deterioration of a Shelter Dog
- 4. Breaking Up Dog Fights in a Shelter Setting
- 5. Pre-Evaluation Safety S.C.A.N.
- 6. Kennel Cough
- 7. Checklist for Factors in the Assessment of Dangerousness in Perpetrators of Animal Cruelty
- 8. How to Set Up a Comfy Dog Kennel
- 9. Warning Signs for Loss of Quality of Life for Dogs in Shelters
Checklist for Factors in the Assessment of Dangerousness in Perpetrators of Animal Cruelty
Randall Lockwood, Ph.D., Courtesy of Greater Birmingham Humane Society, Birmingham, AL
Checklist for
Factors in the Assessment of Dangerousness in
Perpetrators of Animal Cruelty
Randall Lockwood, Ph.D.
The Humane Society of the United States
- High victim vulnerability
- Two or more victims in the same instance
- More than one instance or attack with 24
hours
- Injury resulted in death of victim(s)
- Multiple injuries inflicted on one or more
victims
- Multiple types of injuries inflicted on one or more
victims
- Act involved restraint of or direct contact with
victim
- Victim was bound or otherwise physically
incapacitated
- Use of fire
- Abuse or injury took place over a relatively long time
frame
- Act was preplanned rather than reactive or
opportunistic
- Act involved overcoming obstacles to initiate or complete
the abuse
- Act was committed with high risk of detection or
observation
- Other illegal acts were committed at the scene of the
animal cruelty
- Individual was the instigator of an act involving multiple
perpetrators
- Animal cruelty was used to threaten, intimidate, or coerce
human victim
- Act of cruelty involved hypersensitivity to real or
perceived threats or slights
- Absence of economic motive
- Past history of positive interactions with
victim
- Animal victim was subjected to mutilation or postmortem
dismemberment
- Animal victim was sexually assaulted or mutilated in
genital areas or perpetrator indicated sexual arousal as a
consequence of the abuse
- Act of cruelty was accompanied by sexual symbolism associated with the victim
- Perpetrator projected human characteristics onto
victim
- Perpetrator documented the abuse through photographs, video
or diary entries
- Perpetrator returned at least once to scene of the abuse,
to relieve the experience
- Perpetrator left messages or threats in association with
the act of cruelty
- Animal victim was posed or otherwise
displayed
- Animal cruelty was accompanied by ritualistic or "satanic"
actions
- Act of abuse involved staging or reenactment of themes from
media of fantasy sources
- Perpetrator reportedly experienced altered consciousness
during the violent act
- Perpetrator reportedly experienced strong positive
affective changes during the violent act
- Perpetrator lacks insight into cause or motivation of the
animal abuse
- Perpetrator sees himself as the victim and/or projects blame on other
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