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Muehlenbeck, Kerry Lynn.

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Prosecutorial discretion and the social construction of animal cruelty: How cruel is "cruel"?

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Prosecutorial discretion and the social construction of animal cruelty: How cruel is "cruel"?/
Author:	Muehlenbeck, Kerry Lynn.
Description:	278 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-06, Section: A, page: 2197.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International71-06A.
Subject:	Law. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3410574
ISBN:	9781124026954

Prosecutorial discretion and the social construction of animal cruelty: How cruel is "cruel"?
Muehlenbeck, Kerry Lynn.

Prosecutorial discretion and the social construction of animal cruelty: How cruel is "cruel"? - 278 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-06, Section: A, page: 2197.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2010.

My research examines how prosecutors exercise discretion to create socially relevant definitions of felony offenses of animal cruelty. I examine the social and legal history of society's efforts to regulate cruel acts toward animals. To this end, I trace the legislative history of animal cruelty law, set against the social context of the time. Next, I use document analysis to examine 155 cases of animal cruelty, participant observation in an Arizona county attorney's office, and in-depth interviews of 22 county attorneys to identify which factors shape prosecutorial decision-making.

ISBN: 9781124026954Subjects--Topical Terms:

600858
Law.

Prosecutorial discretion and the social construction of animal cruelty: How cruel is "cruel"?
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