Abstract
Lifetime Bonds, one of Safe Humane Chicago’s flagship programs, provides opportunities for at-risk youth—particularly teenage males—and at-risk dogs, particularly dogs impounded as victims of cruelty and neglect, to help one another. In this chapter, we describe the program, beginning with background information on Safe Humane Chicago.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Keri Burchfield, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Northern Illinois University, who provided research support and assisted in writing the background section of the chapter.
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Bathurst, C.L., Lunghofer, L. (2016). Lifetime Bonds: At-Risk Youth and At-Risk Dogs Helping One Another. In: Blazina, C., Kogan, L. (eds) Men and Their Dogs. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30097-9_7
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