Brute Force: Animal Police and the Challenge of Cruelty

by Arnold Arluke

Book Overview

Brute Force looks at people having the most contact with everyday animal abuse: humane law enforcement officers who are charged with enforcing anti-cruelty statutes. The author spent one year studying 30 "animal cops" and dispatchers in two large cities. They see themselves as a power for the helpless, a voice for the mute. On-the-job experience changes this view. Rather than "fighting the good fight" against egregious cases of cruelty, they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557534500
• ISBN13: 9781557534507
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 8.9"