Article Figures & Data
Figures
- Figure 1.
Bestiality-related arrests in the United States, 1975–2015.
- Figure 2.
Summary of arrest resolutions through the courts.
Tables
Offender age group at time of arrest (n = 442), years Male Female < 20 3 (0.8) 2 (3.3) 20-29 103 (27.2) 21 (35.0) 30-39 86 (22.8) 17 (28.3) 40-49 86 (22.8) 15 (25.0) 51-60 71 (18.8) 4 (6.7) 61-70 25 (6.6) 1 (1.7) 71-80 4 (1.1) 0 (0.0) Gender (n = 456) Male 392 (86.0) Female 62 (13.6) Transgender 1 (0.2) Unknown 1 (0.2) Race (n = 383) White 325 (84.9) African American 25 (6.5) Hispanic 24 (6.3) Other 9 (2.3) Relationship status (n = 200) Single, no intimate relationships with humans 25 (12.5) Is or has been in an intimate human relationship 175 (87.5) Children (n = 64)* 1 30 (15.1) 2 23 (11.6) 3 14(7.0) 4 6 (3.0) 5 1 (0.5) Employment (n = 169) Animal-related 24 (14.2) Child-related 7 (4.1) Student, unemployed 15 (8.9) Military, fire, law enforcement 25 (14.8) Teacher, minister 11 (6.5) Medical, legal 15 (8.9) Employed, not otherwise specified 72 (42.6) Data are presented as n (%). Demographic information was variably available across the cases reviewed. The numbers for which specific information is available are listed for each demographic.
↵* Number of offenders with children, including any children associated with this offender regardless of whether living with offender at time of incident.
Animal Child Adult Victims across 456 arrests, n 413 213 28 Arrests by victim type 340 (74.6) 138 (30.3) 24 (5.3) Animal species Dog 238 (70.0) Horse, donkey 42 (12.4) Livestock (cow, pig, sheep, goat, chicken) 20 (5.9) Wildlife (deer, squirrel) 3 (0.9) Other (cat, reptile) 8 (2.4) Unknown 29 (8.5) Victim gender (% based on n victims in group) Male 48 (14.1) 32 (15.0) 3 (10.7) Female 68 (20.0) 69 (32.4) 25 (89.3) Both (arrests in which both genders were victimized) 5 (1.5) 14 (6.6) 0 Gender unknown 219 (64.4) 98 (46.0) 0 Age of youngest victim, years < 1 19 (5.6) 4 (1.9) 1 7 (2.1) 6 (2.8) 2 6 (1.8) 3 (1.4) 3 5 (1.5) 7 (3.3) 4 2 (0.1) 10 (4.7) 5-10 12 (3.4) 27 (12.7) 10-16 0 47 (22.1) Age not reported 289 (85.0) 109 (51.2) 28 (100.0) Estimated number of victims involved in arrest 1 250 (73.5) 97 (45.5) 21 (75.0) 2 30 (8.8) 24 (11.3) 3 (10.7) 3 9 (2.6) 4 (1.9) 0 4 2 (0.6) 2 (0.9) 0 5-10 3 (0.9) 8 (3.8) 0 Multiple 11 (3.2) 3 (1.4) 1 (3.6) Unknown 35 (10.3) 75 (35.2) 3 (10.7) Relationship to offender Lived with offender 166 (48.8) 55 (25.8) 0 Known to offender 80 (23.5) 46 (21.6) 24 (85.7) Unknown to offender 47 (13.8) 14 (6.6) 3 (10.7) Relationship not reported 47 (13.8) 98 (46.0) 1 (3.6) Data are presented as n (%).
Animal Child Adult Direct sexual contact by offender 277 (60.7) 46 (10.1) 4 (0.9) Coerced sexual contact by offender 30 (6.6) 13 (2.9) 12 (2.6) Facilitated sexual contact by offender 17 (3.7) 0 0 Intended (solicited) sexual contact 16 (3.5) 5 (1.1) 3 (0.7) Exploitive (pornographic images) 116 (25.4) 112(24.6) 4 (.9) Contact level unknown 0 37 (8.1) 5 (1.1) Data are presented as n (%).
