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Monday, November 20, 2006
Posted
7:56 AM
by freelance radical
. PITBULL OWNERS MORE LIKELY people who own vicious dogs such as pit bulls, have significantly more criminal convictions - including crimes against children - than owners of licensed, gentler dogs such as beagles, poodles, or collies, American researchers report. And 30 percent of people who owned an aggressive breed dog, and who also had been cited at least once for failing to register it, had at least five criminal convictions or traffic citations. "Owners of vicious dogs who have been cited for failing to register a dog or failing to keep a dog confined on the premises - are ten times more likely to have been convicted for a crime involving children, three times more likely to have been convicted of domestic violence - and nearly eight times more likely to be charged with drug crimes, than owners of low-risk, licensed dogs." said Jaclyn Barnes of Cinicinnnati Children's Hospital Medical Centre. Barnes and colleagues used public records to check on the criminal pasts of dog owners. "One can argue that choosing to own a vicious dog is a marker of social deviance, because a vicious dog is, by definition, a socially deviant animal." said Barbara Boat, director of The Childhood Trust. The researches said that their findings could be useful for social and law enforcement workers. =======
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