SpringerBriefs in Psychology / Violence in Animal Cruelty Offenders

Introduction.-  Historical Background of Animal Cruelty.- Attachment.- Empathy.- General Violence.- Meloy's Biopsychosocial Model of Violence.- Meloy's Bimodal Theory of Affective (Reactive) and Predatory (Instrumental) Violence.- The Relationship Between Violence, Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy.- Interpersonal Violence.- Description of the Problem of Animal Cruelty and Its Association with Interpersonal Violence.- The Relationship Between Family Violence and Animal Cruelty.- Predicting Risk of Animal Cruelty and other Violence.- Motivations of Animal Cruelty Acts and Other Violence.- Methods.- Material.- Results.- Discussion.- Case Example of Affective Animal Cruelty Offenses.-  Case Example of Predatory Animal Cruelty Offenses.- Comparison of Affective and Predatory Offenders.- Suggestions.- Conclusion.- Limitations and Strengths.

Special Agent Tia A. Hoffer, Ph.D.

Tia A. Hoffer has a doctoral degree in Multicultural Community Clinical Psychology and prior to her work with the FBI, she conducted psychological assessments, individual, group and family psychotherapy. SA Hoffer has been with the FBI since 1998 working crimes against children investigations in Los Angeles, California. She was promoted to Supervisory Special agent in 2006 and was assigned to the Behavioral Analysis Unit, Crimes Against Children Unit. The unit specializes in missing children/child abductions, child homicides, sexual exploitation and victimization of children. SA Hoffer provided operational support through case consultations and onsite deployments to federal, state, local and international law enforcement agencies.

Currently, SA Hoffer works Counterterrorism and threat matters in the FBI Honolulu Division and is also a Crisis Negotiator for the FBI. SA Hoffer provides training to law enforcement, mental health professionals, victim support groups and court entities. She was the Principal Investigator on a number of research projects, including Suicide Among Child Sex Offenders, the General Assessment Questionnaire Validation project, the Sexual Exploitation of Children Study and is currently completing the study focusing on animal cruelty, interpersonal violence and affective/predatory violence.

Holly Hargreaves-Cormany Ph.D., M.A., M.A., L.C.P.C., N.C.C.
Holly Hargreaves-Cormany is an Assistant Professor of Forensic and Legal Psychology at Marymount University. She has previously served as a Research Fellow with the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor as well as a Nationally Certified Counselor with a Ph.D. in Counseling and Masters Degrees in Forensic Psychology and Community Counseling. She has published and conducted research studies on the sex trafficking of juveniles, the association between animal cruelty and