Animals in Criminology

The Animal Protection Movement

• The battle over animal research
• Animal Testing 101
• Testing
• SLAPP and Ag-Gag
• What Is Ag-Gag Legislation?
• Judge Overturns Utah's 'Ag-Gag' Ban On Undercover Filming At Farms
  
• Taking Ag-Gag to Court
• Gagged by Big Ag
• Video: Ag-Gag Laws
• Animal Rights Activism
  
• Examining the Extent and Impact of Surveillance on Animal Rights Activists
  

Readings:

Donovan, J., & Coupe, R. T. (2013). Animal rights extremism: Victimization, investigation and detection of a campaign of criminal intimidation. European Journal of Criminology,10(1), 113-132. doi:10.1177/1477370812460609

Milligan, T. (2017). Animal Rescue as Civil Disobedience. Res Publica.  Doi:10.1007/s11158-017-9360-7 

Mills, G. (2013). The Successes and Failures of Policing Animal Rights Extremism in the UK 2004–2010. International Journal of Police Science & Management,15(1), 30-44. doi:10.1350/ijps.2013.15.1.299

Shea, M. (2015). Punishing Animal Rights Activists for Animal Abuse: Rapid Reporting and the New Wave of Ag-Gag Laws. Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems, 48.3.

Yates, R. (2011). Criminalizing protests about animal abuse. Recent Irish experience in global context. Crime, Law and Social Change,55(5), 469-482. doi:10.1007/s10611-011-9298-1

Resources:

• Singer (1985). "The Animal Liberation Movement."