Objective Summary Blog Post #2

In the book "Understanding Animal Abuse" By Cliffton P. Flynn, the author talks about how family abuse typically leads to animal abuse and many other forms of abuse. Many surveys have lead to the conclusion of at-home violence leading to out of home violence. In a recent survey, people were asked that in certain situation, would it be appropriate for a man to hit his wife. Over 90% of the respondents who said yes, in that situation it would be appropriate for the man to hit his wife, had been abused as a child, or had experienced one of their parents abusing the other. The author also states that over 62% of imprisoned females have admitted to abusing animals. The author explains how many beating of family crimes have been led to by the abuse of animals at a young age. The author concludes the chapter by introducing a few theories that would be talked about in the following chapters.

Abused calf