Double Jeopardy: Insurance, Animal Harm, and Domestic Violence

Signal, Tania; Taylor, Nik; Burke, Karena J.; Brownlow, Luke

doi:10.1177/1077801217711266

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“…This could be due to awareness that little help exists, and/or that such forms of abuse are unlikely to be acknowledged. More research is needed to ascertain why help-seeking for animals is relatively low, and in the case of financial abuse specifically, might be an area in which veterinary associations can make an important intervention (i.e., by offering lower fees to those affected by DVA) and that insurance companies can address (by removing clauses that make animal injuries due to DVA ineligible for insurance claims, see Signal, Taylor, Burke, & Brownlow, 2017).…”

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The Link Between Domestic Violence and Abuse and Animal Cruelty in the Intimate Relationships of People of Diverse Genders and/or Sexualities: A Binational Study

Riggs

Taylor

Fraser

et al. 2018

J Interpers Violence

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Over the past three decades, a growing body of research has focused on experiences of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) among people of diverse genders and/or sexualities. Missing, however, has been a focus on what is known as "the link" between DVA and animal cruelty with regard to people of diverse genders and/or sexualities. The present article reports on a study of 503 people living in either Australia or the United Kingdom, who reported on both their intimate human relationships and their relationships with animals, including relationships that were abusive. In terms of "the link," a fifth of respondents who had experienced violence or abuse also reported that animal cruelty had been perpetuated by the violent or abusive partner. Statistical interactions were found between having witnessed animal cruelty perpetrated by a partner, gender and sexuality, and both psychological distress and social connectedness. Female participants who had witnessed animal cruelty reported greater psychological distress and lower levels of social support, and both lesbian and bisexual participants who had witnessed animal cruelty reported lower levels of social support. The article concludes by considering the implications of these findings for future research and service provision.

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The Link Between Domestic Violence and Abuse and Animal Cruelty in the Intimate Relationships of People of Diverse Genders and/or Sexualities: A Binational Study

Riggs

Taylor

Fraser

et al. 2018

J Interpers Violence

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“…This section focused on discussing the link between animal abuse and family violence. A brief review of core literature (both international and from Aotearoa New Zealand) regarding the link between animal abuse and family violence was presented (e.g., Febres et al, 2014;Roguksi, 2012;Signal et al, 2018). Key information was presented regarding family violence in Aotearoa New Zealand regarding: a definition of family violence; prevalence of family violence; child abuse and neglect; legislative and policy responses (Atwool, 2020;Family Violence Death Review Committee, 2017).…”

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Animal abuse and family violence: Reflections from workshopping with veterinary students

Dale

Yeung

2021

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The notion of social work teaching in the veterinary science programme may seem novel for our profession. However, the philosophy underlying the context of animal and human welfare in One Health is the result of the collaborative effort of multiple disciplines and professions to attain optimal health for people, animals and the environment. One Health emphasises some of the key domains such as creating an enabling environment and advocating change and communication amongst healthcare professionals (Courtenay et al., 2014). Even when interprofessional education (IPE) and One Health competencies are evident in courses, Courtenay and colleagues (2014) noted that they are mostly at clinical level. In recent years, there has been a call for more collaboration between human and veterinary medicine to learn and practise One Health competencies, and “links” between the abuse of children, vulnerable adults and animals have been identified as a key area for exploration (Arkow, 2015a; Jordan Lem, 2014). In 2015, the second author and the Head of School of Social Work at Massey University had the opportunity to skype with Dr Elizabeth Strand, the Founding Director of Veterinary Social Work (VSW) (Strand et al., 2012), from University of Tennessee-Knoxville to discuss setting up VSW and also to seek adviceon challenges and strategies on engaging and collaborating with the veterinary school. Dr Strand shared her experiences and encouraged us to contact the Head of the Veterinary School at our university to start a conversation. Our Head of School approached the then Head of School of Veterinary Science and within days a meeting was organised. We went into the meeting expecting a first level of exploration with the Head of School to see if he was interested but were surprised when we were joined by another senior lecturer (SG) who had been re-designing the course content of professional practice for veterinarian students. He was very keen of our idea on working with him to develop a module on teaching his students about the link between animal abuse and family violence. It seemed the Veterinary School hadbeen identifying gaps in their curriculum for some time in relation to health and wellbeing, communication skills and conflict resolution, but they had only accessed support from student health services at the university. He also acknowledged the increasing attention in research literature about the link between human and animal violence as a pivotal area that could be integrated within the Veterinary Science Professional Practice curriculum, but did not realise that social work could play a role in supporting their curriculum and knowledge building. The meeting was a success, and within a year, we started our contribution by running the first two-hour workshop with first-year veterinary students discussing animal abuse and family violence, a workshop which then became a regular feature of the veterinary programme between 2016 and 2018. The purpose of this paper is to provide a description of what was included in the educational contexts, reflections from veterinary students’ engagement and future needs to connect between human service and animal service professionals to address the link.

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Insurance Discrimination, Companion Animal Harm, and Domestic Violence and Abuse — Double Jeopardy in the UK

Turgoose

McKie

Connelly

2023

Violence Against Women

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Prompted by Signal et al.’s study, this research examines UK “Pet Insurance” policies to see if and how experiencing domestic violence and abuse (DVA) in interspecies households is excluded under insurance policies terms. Situating our findings within the existing literature on human and companion animal victims of DVA, we discuss the implications for improving cross-reporting and multi-agency action to protect and prevent harm to humans and companion animal victims of DVA. In turn we identify a series of recommendations to combat discrimination in insurance, set out in our conclusion.

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Double Jeopardy: Insurance, Animal Harm, and Domestic Violence

Cited by 3 publications

References 18 publications

The Link Between Domestic Violence and Abuse and Animal Cruelty in the Intimate Relationships of People of Diverse Genders and/or Sexualities: A Binational Study

The Link Between Domestic Violence and Abuse and Animal Cruelty in the Intimate Relationships of People of Diverse Genders and/or Sexualities: A Binational Study

Animal abuse and family violence: Reflections from workshopping with veterinary students

Insurance Discrimination, Companion Animal Harm, and Domestic Violence and Abuse — Double Jeopardy in the UK

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