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History
- Referred to finance
Companion bill
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Relates to the creation of crime database of all convictions of animal cruelty
In Assembly Committee · Codes · Sponsor Linda Rosenthal
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Title of bill
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the creation of an animal cruelty and animal fighting database
Purpose
The purpose of this bill is to require the establishment and maintenance of a database for the collection and analysis of information relating to crimes against animals. The information contained in this database would be available to various law enforcement and humanitarian agencies.
Summary of provisions
Section one of the bill, which is the Legislative findings, explains how studies have demonstrated that violent offenders often have histories of repeated animal cruelty.
Section two of the bill amends the Executive Law by adding section 837-s. This new section directs the Division of Criminal Justice Services to establish the Animal Cruelty Database and prescribes certain information that shall be included in the database.
Section three of the bill provides that this act shall take effect twelve months after it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the division of criminal justice services shall promulgate rules and regulations as it deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act, on or before such effective date.
Justification
Since the 1970s, the FBI has linked the repeated instance of animal killing and torture with its-analysis of the lives of serial killers. Studies in psychology, sociology, and criminology have further demonstrated that violent offenders often have childhood and adolescent histories of repeated and serious animal abuse. Other research has shown consistent patterns of animal cruelty among the perpetrators of other forms of violence such as child abuse, spouse abuse, and elder abuse. Because the American Psychiatric Association considers animal cruelty one of the diagnostic criteria of conduct disorder, creating a database to analyses the incidence of animal cruelty will provide a valuable resource for law enforcement officials who seek to establish a link between animal cruelty and related crimes.
Legislative history
New bill
Fiscal implications
None
Effective date
This act shall take effect twelve months after it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the division of criminal justice services shall promulgate rules and regulations as it deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act, on or before such effective date.
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