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Animal Cruelty Investigations - A Collaborative Approach from Victim to Verdict

Animal Cruelty Investigations - A Collaborative Approach from Victim to Verdict

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Animal Cruelty Investigations: A Collaborative Approach from Victim to Verdict is a comprehensive guide for experts responding to animal cruelty cases, providing step-by-step guidance, checklists, and resources to empower readers to respond confidently and effectively. It emphasizes the critical role of veterinarians, law enforcement, animal care, and control organizations, and prosecutors in investigating and prosecuting animal cruelty cases.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 416 pages
Publication date: 29 March 2022
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd


Animal Cruelty Investigations: A Collaborative Approach from Victim to Verdict is a comprehensive guide for experts involved in responding to animal cruelty cases, including veterinarians, law enforcement agencies, animal care and control organizations, and prosecutors. This book serves as a practical tool that provides valuable insights and guidance throughout every phase of an animal cruelty investigation. The step-by-step guidance is supported by an extensive library of checklists, form templates, specific case protocols, and lists of available resources, empowering readers to respond to animal cruelty cases confidently and effectively.

The book introduces veterinarians to their critical role in animal cruelty investigations, encompassing forensic examination, necropsy, crime scene response, report writing, and testimony. It includes detailed Specific Case Protocols for common animal cruelty scenarios, helping animal shelters navigate the challenges of holding animals in protective custody, housing unusual species, and placing evidence animals in foster care.

For law enforcement agencies, the book offers useful methods for investigating animal cruelty, such as search and seizure protocols, witness interview techniques, and valuable forms and templates necessary to strengthen and ensure proper search warrant execution, evidence collection and handling, and chain of custody. The focus is on animals as both victims and evidence, ensuring a collaborative approach to investigate and prosecute animal cruelty cases.

Guiding prosecutors through the steps necessary to utilize the veterinarians' findings during trial and providing insight into issues to be considered when reviewing search warrants, filing charges, proposing plea agreements, or filing pre-conviction forfeiture motions is also emphasized.

Overall, Animal Cruelty Investigations: A Collaborative Approach from Victim to Verdict is a valuable resource for professionals and individuals seeking to understand and address animal cruelty cases in a comprehensive and effective manner.

Weight: 970g
Dimension: 254 x 179 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781119764885

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