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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Both retrieved studies provide empirical support for a link between childhood animal cruelty and subsequent adult violence, meeting the criteria for a specific, falsifiable empirical claim.

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

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Christopher Hensley, Suzanne E. Tallichet. Childhood and Adolescent Animal Cruelty Methods and Their Possible Link to Adult Violent Crimes. 2008. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260508315779

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

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Joshua C. Overton, Christopher Hensley, Suzanne E. Tallichet. Examining the Relationship Between Childhood Animal Cruelty Motives and Recurrent Adult Violent Crimes Toward Humans. 2011. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260511423256

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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