Wildlife Offences in UK Law
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The Role of the Wildlife Liaison Officer in Police Work
... ... The Parameters of the Role Forces make different use of their PWLOs. Some deal only with wildlife offences, while others tag on responsibility for poaching offences, environmental issues or any offences involving animals, wild or domestic. Some ... ...
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A Dangerous Job? An Examination of Violence against Conservation Officers
Conservation law enforcement is an area of policing that has been largely overlooked by sociologists and criminal justice researchers. Some have speculated that when compared to their traditional p...... ... whose primary responsibility is the enforcement of fish and wildlife laws. While they possess some similarities to their traditional law ... from COs, hunters and anglers who have been cited for wildlife offences should be asked about the behaviour and professionalism of COs in the ... ...
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A criminology of extinction: Biodiversity, extreme consumption and the vanity of species resurrection
This article explores an issue pertaining to the commodification of nature and related market processes – reviving extinct species. It begins by offering an overview of the aesthetic, economic, sci...... ... , consumption, de-extinction, extinction, hunting/poaching, wildlife (crime, trade, trafficking) Introduction Significant international work in ... enforcement and criminal justice systems have accorded wildlife offences a ‘low priority when compared to other crimes (Cook et al., 2002),’ ... ...
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Beyond wildlife crime: Towards the concept of ‘mundane fauna crime’
Research and theorisation on crimes against non-human species in rural regions have been conducted with less conceptual refinement than crimes against anthropocentric victims. The dominant concepti...... ... It is contended that social scientists have treated the study of offences against fauna with less epistemic, ontological and conceptual innovation and refinement than offences against anthropocentric victims (e.g. Green ... ...
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Basic Information
... ... Many of the provisions relating to highway offences also apply to public rights of way ... 1.2.3 Wildlife and Countryside ... ...
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Ecocentrism and criminal justice
Ecocentrism refers to valuing nature for its own sake. This ecophilosophical orientation requires that all social practices incorporate ecological sensitivities and heightened awareness of the intr...... ... in regards to the prosecution of human subjects for environmental offences. A basic premise of the article is that for those interested in ... with criminal offences pertaining to the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (NSW). Table 1. Indicators of ecocentrism. Indicator Example ... ...
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The anti-money laundering law in Tanzania: whither the ongoing “war” against economic crimes?
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the evolution of the law for combating economic crimes including money laundering in Tanzania and explore the current developments in the anti-money laundering (...... ... parallel to laundering ofproceeds generated from those criminal offences. Money laundering has had adverseimpacts on Tanzania and its economy and ... including illegal fishing, poaching, the illicittrade in wildlife and illegal loggingtrade [15],[16],[17],[18],[19],[20]. Other ... ...
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The anti-money laundering law in Tanzania: whither the ongoing “war” against economic crimes?
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the evolution of the law for combating economic crimes including money laundering in Tanzania and explore the current developments in the anti-money laundering (...... ... parallel to laundering ofproceeds generated from those criminal offences. Money laundering has had adverseimpacts on Tanzania and its economy and ... including illegal fishing, poaching, the illicittrade in wildlife and illegal loggingtrade [15],[16],[17],[18],[19],[20]. Other ... ...
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Revisiting the Role of Negotiation and Trivialization in Environmental Law Enforcement
Using an empirical assessment of the use of enforcement undertakings by the Environment Agency and the engagement of the courts with the recently enacted sentencing guidelines for environmental off...... ... with the recently enacted sentencing guidelines for environmental offences, this article argues that the enforcement of environmental law is ... often takes the form of a donation to a conservation or wildlife trust or similar charitable causes. 18 The use of charitable donations in ... ...
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The convergence of environmental crime with other serious crimes: Subtypes within the environmental crime continuum
The rising global scarcity of natural resources increasingly attracts transnational criminal organizations. Organized crime syndicates diversify into the lucrative business of tropical timber, enda...... ... Crime mutualism embodies barter trade such as wildlife being exchanged for drugs and stolen cars, or camouflage, when a ... The types of crimes in the cases mainly included trafficking offences, such as timber, wildlife, fish, and mineral trafficking with links to the ... ...
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