You may find some information here:
https://www.dogsbite.org/pdf/2009-vicious-dogs-antisocial-behaviors-owners.pdf
It is a research paper printed in the 2009 Psychology Today article entitled:
Vicious Dogs: The Antisocial Behaviors and
Psychological Characteristics of Owners
This study examined whether vicious dog owners were different on antisocial behaviors and personality dimensions. A total of 869 college students completed an anonymous online questionnaire assessing type of dog owned, criminal behaviors, attitudes towards animal abuse, psychopathy, and personality. The sample was divided into four groups: vicious dog owners, large dog owners, small dog owners, and controls. Findingsrevealed vicious dog owners reported significantly more criminal behaviors than other dog owners. Vicious dog owners were higher in sensation
seeking and primary psychopathy. Study results suggest that vicious dog ownership may be a simple marker of broader social deviance.
KEYWORDS:
forensic science, vicious dogs, antisocial behaviors, psychopathy
True. And because dogs are largely pure pack animals, they are going to take their cues from a psychopathic owner.
So there is something to both sides, including the facts that owners can be largely responsible for the behavior of their dog, and that a dog may act independently of its “good” owner and do bad things.