Evidence is mounting that animal abuse, frequently embedded in families scarred by domestic violence and child abuse and neglect, often predicts the potential for other violent acts. As early intervention is critical in the prevention and reduction of aggression, this boo encourages researchers and professionals to recognize animal abuse as significant problem and a human public-health issue that should be included as a curriculum topic in training. The book is an interdisciplinary sourcebook of original essays that examines the relations between animal maltreatment and human interpersonal...

This is the inspiring story of Edith and Milton Latham who have truly made a difference in the lives of millions of children and animals. It is also the account of the unique organization that continues to fulfill their legacy by promoting the therapeutic use of animals to help people; the many dimensions of the human-animal bond, and the intersections between animal abuse and other forms of violence, often referred to as "The Link."

Edith Latham was a woman ahead of her time. She and her brother Milton established the Latham Foundation for the Promotion of Humane Education in 1918 to resist the cruelty and violence that they saw in the world around them. But what, exactly, is humane education? Edith once said, "The best definition I can think of is 'the exercise of Christianity extended to all creatures.'" From humane education's theological and philosophical underpinnings to its history in the United States; from the Latham Foundation's role in that new social movement to current strategies and directions for the...