Policing Wildlife [electronic resource] : Perspectives on the Enforcement of Wildlife Legislation /
Nurse, A.author.
Policing Wildlife examines both the extent and enforcement of wildlife law, one of the fastest growing areas of crime globally. The book considers how enforcement regimes need to adapt to contemporary wildlife crime threats, particularly those posed by terrorism and organised crime.
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms; 1 Introduction; Green criminology and environmental harm discourse; The importance of studying wildlife crime; Key themes and organisation of this book; 2 What Is Wildlife Crime?; Wildlife law as environmental law; Wildlife law: a green criminological perspective; Defining wildlife crime; Wildlife offender; Wildlife crime as defined by legislation; The extent of wildlife crime; Summary and preliminary conclusions on wildlife crime; 3 International and Regional Wildlife Legislation; International wildlife law; Regional wildlife law
Enforcement of international wildlife lawCase Study: Australia v Japan - The Japanese Whaling Case; Conclusions; 4 National Wildlife Legislation and Law Enforcement Policies; The purpose of wildlife legislation; The public good and wildlife trust doctrines; Case Study: Tennessee Valley Authority v Hill (1978) - The Snail Darter Case; National wildlife law as criminal law; National wildlife law enforcement regimes; The politicisation of wildlife laws; Case Study: Wolf Protection; Conclusions; 5 Theoretical Perspectives on Wildlife Law Enforcement; Wildlife crime and legal theory
Wildlife law, policy and devianceThe causes of wildlife crime: theoretical concerns; Wildlife crime and policing perspectives; Summary and conclusions; 6 Wildlife Offenders; Wildlife law and the principle of deterrence; Wildlife offending as resistance; Case Study: Corporate Wildlife Crime: The Heythrop Hunt; Organised wildlife crime; Conclusions on dealing with offenders; 7 Issues in Policing Wildlife Crime; Problems of Wildlife law enforcement; Lack of resources; Inconsistency in legislation; Police priorities and issues in policing approaches; NGO policing perspectives
Case Study: Lujan v Defenders of Wildlife and NGOs standing in environmental casesSome conclusions on policing issues; 8 Preventing Wildlife Crime; Situational wildlife crime prevention; Social crime prevention; Perspectives on crime prevention in wildlife crime; 9 Prosecuting Wildlife Crime; Remedying wildlife crime; Perceived problems in wildlife prosecution; Prosecution issues; Sentencing philosophies; Charging options and prosecutorial discretion; Specialist wildlife prosecutors; NGOs as prosecutors
Case Study: Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth the Netherlands) v Shell PC and Shell NigeriaSpecialist courts; Summarizing prosecution issues; 10 Wildlife Crime and Criminal Justice Policy; Wildlife crime within contemporary criminal justice; The links between wildlife crime and other offences; Changes to the criminal justice system approach; Some preliminary conclusions; 11 Conclusions and Recommendations; Wildlife crime: environmental and species justice perspectives; The legal and the illegal: enforcement priorities; Wildlife crime: some recommendations; Wildlife crime: a conclusion
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Policing Wildlife examines both the extent and enforcement of wildlife law, one of the fastest growing areas of crime globally. The book considers how enforcement regimes need to adapt to contemporary wildlife crime threats, particularly those posed by terrorism and organised crime.
Environmental sciences—Philosophy.
Sociology.
Organized crime.
Criminology.
Crime—Sociological aspects.
Environmental law.
Environmental policy.
Environmental Philosophy.
Sociology, general.
Organized Crime.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Crime and Society.
Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.