Problem: Animal abuse and interpersonal violence towards humans have a number of common characteristics: both types of victims are living creatures, can experience pain and distress, can display physical signs of their pain and distress, and may die as a result of the injuries inflicted. As such, for law enforcement professionals, violent tendencies and the propensity for inflicting pain and suffering on animals may be an important factor in predicting future violent offending towards humans. a. True b. False