The existing literature on the relationship between childhood cruelty to animals and later
violence against people appears to be inconsistent. The authors review the controlled studies …

Although the rate of combined homicide-suicides is low compared with that for suicide alone
or homicide, homicide-suicides generate much public concern. In some cases, the homicide…

… Based on our research with inmates including youthful offenders (Barratt, Felthous, Kent,
Liebman, & Coates, 2000), we estimate that about 20% of persons at each extreme of the …

… EDELMAN, SE , & FELTHOUS, AR Some methodological problems in studying violent offenders
. … FELTHOUS, AR Childhood cruelty to cats, dogs and other animals . Bulletin American …

Studies of the effects of phenytoin on aggression have produced equivocal results primarily
because of a lack of (1) common objective criterion measures of aggressive acts across …

… the earlier findings of Felthous,13 Felthous and Kellert,17 or the … of abusive upbringing,16
Felthous and Kellert17 addressed the … Felthous AR: Childhood antecedents of aggressive …

In order to investigate the nature of animal cruelty in childhood two groups of male psychiatric
patients were compared: an Animal Cruelty Group and an Assaultive Group. Most in both …

An association between childhood cruelty to animals and dangerous aggression against
people at a later age could have important implications regarding early detection and treatment…

The goal of the study was to examine psychopathology and stressors suffered by suicide
victims, and to describe the characteristics of the suicides in the Texas Department of Criminal …

Originally a hedge against the death penalty, the insanity defense came to offer hospitalization
as an alternative to imprisonment. In the late 19th century Italy opened inpatient services …