Completing the Annotated Bibliography

Running Head: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 1

Annotated Bibliography

Roscoe Boggins

GEN 103:Information Literacy

Instructor Readly

March 15, 2016

Comment [JF1]: Cover page formatted with title, student’s name, name of course, instructor’s name, and date.

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 2

Adamson, K. (2015). Animal cruelty laws: The federal government steps up

the protection of pets.” The Journal of Animal Issues, 75(8),

515-625. doi: 10.1007/ab.20929.

Adamson provides a detailed summary of how the Federal Bureau of

Investigation (FBI) will now include animal abuse crimes in its Uniform Crime

Report – National Incident Based Reporting System. With this policy in effect,

federal law lists animal cruelty as a serious crime, a Group A offense, a

classification that also includes arson, burglary, kidnapping and homicide. Since

many serial murders and other criminals admit to torturing and killing animals,

this new law will not only lead to the criminalization of animal cruelty, but will

also help pinpoint those people who might commit other serious crimes.

This source will help to address how animal cruelty is linked with other felonies,

including rape and murder.

ASPCA. (2013). The implications of animal abuse. Retrieved from https://ASPCA_

animalabuseinformation.org.

This source comes from the ASPCA, a well-known organization that combats

animal abuse. This site discusses animal abuse in detail, including other criminal

Comment [JF2]: Last name, first initial followed by the date in parenthesis.

Comment [JF3]: Indent secondary lines of citation in five spaces.

Comment [JF4]: This is Digital Object Identifier that is used with electronic articles. See http://www.apastyle.org/learn/faqs/what- is-doi.aspx.

Comment [JF5]: Provide a detailed summary of the source.

Comment [JF6]: Provide a sentence or two about how the source pertains to your research. Be sure to insert a space between this paragraph and the one that proceeds it.

Comment [JF7]: The annotated bibliography is arranged in ABC order using the author’s or organization’s last name.

Comment [JF8]: Websites are cited in this form

Comment [JF9]: Indent source descriptions with five spaces.

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activities that are associated with it, including domestic violence and felony

assault.

This source not only will be helpful in detailing the various kinds of animal abuse

actions, but also connects it to specific criminal behaviors that are perpetuated

against humans.

Cunningham, J. (2001). Animal abuse legislation includes anti-tether laws. Animal

Health Journal, 45(3), 97-115. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.

Cunningham notes how many cities and states have instituted anti-tether laws that

regulate how long a dog can be confined by a chain or tether outside a residence.

Many laws stipulate the animal can be chained only four hours a day. Other laws

make tethering illegal in any form. These laws show how cities and states are

now address issues of animal neglect.

This source will be valuable in explaining how animal neglect can be addressed

through local and statewide regulation of tethering dogs.

Vining, J. (2008). Animal abuse laws and factory farming. Michigan Law

Review First Impressions. Retrieved from http://repository.law.umich.edu/

mlr_fi/vol106/iss1/6/?utm_source=repository.law.umich.edu%2Fmlr_fi%2F

vol106%2Fiss1%2F6&utm_medium=PDF&utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages.

Comment [JF10]: This is how a journal is cited that you found in JSTOR.

Comment [JF11]: Note how the sources have a space between the end of one source and the beginning of another.

Comment [JF12]: This is another citations from a website. This website is valid since it comes from a highly respected law school site.

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In this article, J. Vining argues that criminal animal abuse laws should apply to

animals that belong to a business corporation. He notes large-scale factory farms

involve the significant suffering of livestock, as well these companies evading

local animal abuse laws when it comes to regulating how animals are treated

within a corporate structure. Vining contends laws should directly address factory

farms, criminalizing certain behaviors and practices.

The source shows how animal abuse can be widespread and how factory farm

corporations lack the appropriate legal and government oversight.

Wilson Institute on Animal Protection. (2010). Animal abuse and the law: How to

protect the pets in your community. New Jersey: Billington Press.

This source is a handbook that shows how individuals and communities can

create local laws that prevent and prosecute animal abuse. The handbook

provides several templates of neglect and abuse ordinances that people can

use to legislate against animal abuse. It also supplies sample r egulations

from several different municipalities, counties and states.

This source demonstrates the various kinds of laws that communities can

institute to stop and regulate animal abuse.

Comment [JF13]: Here, the author is the organization that published the source.

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