Hidden Violence in the Home: Siblings, Parents, Animals This
chapter examines abuse most often ignored in the discourse on
family violence — sibling, parent, and animal abuse. These forms
of violence often exist within the context of other forms of
maltreatment. Forms of sibling abuse are reviewed including
emotional, physical, and sexual abuse; fratricide, and
sororicide. The chapter also examines the issues that are
related to its occurrence such as issues of power and control,
lack of supervision and non-intervention, family dysfunction,
and social conditions. Research related to the consequences of
sibling abuse is discussed. The abuse of parents is also
examined including the issue of parricide. The chapter
establishes the link between animal abuse and other forms of
family violence and explores the different forms of animal abuse
including physical and sexual abuse, neglect, and peticide.
Signs of animal abuse are explored as is the future of
prevention and intervention of this type of family violence.