Editors’ Introduction 11 production of this book’ In this regard, however, animal abuse is regrettably present on every page—hidden, in plain sight, as it were—from the destruction of animals’ habitat by the paper industry to the use of animals’ bodies for glue for binding This is a sad reminder of the seemingly, inescapable harm our everyday practices cause our fellow creatures References Beirne, P (2009) Confronting animal abuse Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Beirne, P., & South, N (2007) Issues in green criminology: confronting harms against environments, humanity and other animals London: Willan Cook, R (2016) World meat production (1960–present) Beef2Live http://beef2live.com/ story-world-meat-production-1960-present-0-111818 Accessed 23 May 2016 Hall, M., Maher, J., Nurse, A South, N., & Wyatt, T (Eds.) (2016) Greening criminology in the 21st century: Contemporary debates and future directions in the study of environmental harm London: Routledge North American Meat Institute (2015) The United States meat industry at a glance https://www.meatinstitute.org/index.php?ht=d/sp/i/47465/pid/47465 Accessed 23 May 2016 Samuel, H (2016) France’s abattoirs to be inspected for animal cruelty after shock film The Telegraph Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ 2016/03/29/francesabattoirs-to-be-inspected-for-animal-cruelty-after-shock/ Accessed 20 April 2016 Singer, P (1995) Animal liberation 2nd edition London: Pimlico Dr Jennifer Maher is Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Criminology, University of South Wales Her research interests include animal abuse, green criminology, human-animal studies, and youth and gang violence She recently concluded a UK wildlife trafficking study for the FP7 (European Commission) EFFACE project which evaluated the impact of environmental crime in Europe and is currently researching puppy smuggling for the Scottish and English Governments Her publications include co-editing Greening Criminology in the 21st Century (2016, Routledge, with M Hall et al.) and the special journal issue ‘Animal Abuse and Criminology’ in Crime, Law and Social Change (2011 with P Beirne) Dr Harriet Pierpoint is a Reader in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the Centre for Criminology at University of South Wales Her research interests relate to criminal process and vulnerable people, and, more recently, animal abuse She has undertaken a number of funded research projects including for the Youth Justice Board, Home Office, Ministry of Justice and the National Offender Management