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Children who kill animals develop into violent adults

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Empirical studies of prison populations indicate a positive association between childhood animal cruelty and the later commission of violent crimes against humans in adulthood.

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Childhood and Adolescent Animal Cruelty Methods and Their Possible Link to Adult Violent Crimes

2008 · cited by 34

The study of prison inmates found that certain methods of childhood animal cruelty, such as drowning animals, were predictive of later interpersonal violence in adulthood.

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Examining the Relationship Between Childhood Animal Cruelty Motives and Recurrent Adult Violent Crimes Toward Humans

2011 · cited by 19

Research involving prison inmates demonstrated that recurrent acts of childhood animal cruelty significantly predicted recurrent violent crimes against humans later in life.

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