Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: The emerging specialty of green criminology is broadly defined as examining ecological crimes and offenses committed against non-human animals. In considering animal abuse and misuse the issue of animal rights is often discussed. Those in support of animal rights, sometimes referred to as the animal liberation movement, generally adopt a ‘no-use’ stance toward non-human animals. The development of prison-based animal programs (PAPs), specifically the service animal socialization and community service models, raises unique questions about animal rights and animals’ use in prison programming. In service animal socialization programs prison inmates train puppies who go on to advanced education to identify contraband including explosives and pirated DVDs, as well as training to become so-called working dogs to aid people with disabilities. In community adoption programs, in contrast, prison inmates socialize dogs that would otherwise have been destroyed due to their behavioral issues. The merits of these programs, both for the human and non-human animals, will be discussed according to the green criminology paradigm.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: It has become increasingly common to find animals living in prisons across the country as participants in prison-based animal programs (PAPs). Yet the field has virtually ignored this trend in correctional programming that finds, most commonly, incarcerated people paired with dogs. Based on field research collected at two such programs, the extent to which they incorporate what the literature regards as best practices will be discussed.