What Makes a Crime
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12419156 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenneth Wagner (Lynchburg College), Kenneth A Wagner (University of Lynchburg, corresponding author), Stephen Owens (0009-0005-6744-4604, Radford University), Stephen Owen (Radford University), Tod W Burke (Radford University) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 439-461 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Society and Animals (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1063-1119 • E-ISSN: 1568-5306 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15685306-12341373 |
| OpenAlex | W837114425 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 31 |
The purpose of this research was to explore the perceived seriousness of crimes, such as abuse and neglect, committed against nonhuman animals. Drawing upon the methods of previous work on crime seriousness, it was hypothesized that perceptions of the harmfulness and wrongfulness of animal offenses would influence perceptions of seriousness, with wrongfulness being the most powerful predictor. A survey was administered to a sample of college students ( n = 245), and the hypotheses were supported. The results also indicated that crimes against animals were ranked as more serious than property offenses but less serious than crimes against persons. Furthermore, the two predictors—harmfulness and wrongfulness—explained a greater amount of variance in the perceived seriousness of offenses against animals than for property or person offenses. Results are contextualized within policy and philosophical perspectives pertaining to how offenses against animals are viewed by society and addressed by the legal system
Criminology · Neglect · Perception · Political science · Property (philosophy · Property crime · Psychiatry · Seriousness · Violent crime · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences
The Relationship of Animal Abuse to Violence and Other Forms of Antisocial Behavior
Battered Women's Reports of Their Partners' and Their Children's Cruelty to Animals
Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals
The measurement of delinquency
Children Who are Cruel to Animals
Can Attitudes about Animal Neglect be Differentiated from Attitudes about Animal Abuse
Physical Cruelty Toward Animals in Massachusetts, 1975-1996
Human-to-Animal Similarity and Participant Mood Influence Punishment Recommendations for Animal Abusers
The Relationship between Animal Cruelty, Delinquency, and Attitudes toward the Treatment of Animals
"Acknowledging the "Zoological Connection
Adolescents Care but Don’t Feel Responsible for Farm Animal Welfare
The Motivational Bases of Attitudes Toward Animals
Foundations of criminal justice
Measuring crime seriousness perceptions
On the Democratic Idea in America
What Is the Perceived Seriousness of Crimes
For a Nonspeciesist Criminology
Enhancing Children's Attitudes About the Humane Treatment of Animals
Attitudes Toward Animals
Don't Be Cruel
Empathy, home environment, and attitudes toward animals in relation to animal abuse
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |