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- Contributes to the enquiries of cultural criminology and the sociology of animal abuse
- Proposes the term “theriocide” for the most accurate means of describing the murder of animals by humans
- Appeals to scholars in animal studies, criminology, philosophy, sociology and law, as well as those with an interest in art history
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Green Criminology (PSGC)
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Book Title: Murdering Animals
Book Subtitle: Writings on Theriocide, Homicide and Nonspeciesist Criminology
Authors: Piers Beirne
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Green Criminology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57468-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-57467-1Published: 22 March 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-57468-8Published: 12 March 2018
Series ISSN: 2946-269X
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2703
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 225
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Green Criminology, Violence and Crime, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Ethics, Animal Welfare/Animal Ethics