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The Transnational Illegal Wildlife Trade

Pages 57-73 | Published online: 26 Jan 2007

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Kelsie Leavitt, Eric J. Wodahl & Kimberly Schweitzer. (2021) Citizen Willingness to Report Wildlife Crime. Deviant Behavior 42:10, pages 1256-1272.
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Rebecca W.Y. Wong & A.M. Lemieux. (2021) Poaching of Domestic Protected Species in China: Using Legal Cases to Understand the Poaching of Wild Boars. Deviant Behavior 42:6, pages 792-806.
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Michael J. Lynch, Paul B. Stretesky & Michael A. Long. (2020) Wildlife officer enforcement activities in Colorado, 2005-2014. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 25:6, pages 544-559.
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Stephen L. Eliason. (2020) Poaching, Social Conflict, and the Public Trust: Some Critical Observations on Wildlife Crime. Capitalism Nature Socialism 31:2, pages 110-126.
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Kurt W. Steiner. (2020) Green Eyes: the current role of intelligence in African counter-poaching. African Security Review 29:2, pages 202-222.
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Fida Muhammad Khan, Kainaat William, Samreen Aruge, Safia Janjua & Safdar Ali Shah. (2018) Illegal product manufacturing and exportation from Pakistan: Revealing the factuality of highly processed wildlife skin samples via DNA mini-barcoding. Nucleosides, Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids 37:3, pages 179-185.
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Antony C. Leberatto. (2017) A Typology of Market Sellers of Protected Wildlife Across Peru. Deviant Behavior 38:12, pages 1352-1370.
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Rebecca W. Y. Wong. (2017) The Role of Reputation in the Illegal Purchase of Protected Wildlife in China. Deviant Behavior 38:11, pages 1290-1302.
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Erik Cohen, Scott A. Cohen & Xiang (Robert) Li. (2017) Subversive mobilities. Applied Mobilities 2:2, pages 115-133.
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William D. Moreto & Matthew C. Matusiak. (2017) “We Fight against Wrong Doers”: Law Enforcement Rangers’ Roles, Responsibilities, and Patrol Operations in Uganda. Deviant Behavior 38:4, pages 426-447.
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Gulab D. Khedkar, Shil Bapurao Abhayankar, Dinesh Nalage, Shaikh Nadeem Ahmed & Chandraprakash D. Khedkar. (2016) DNA barcode based wildlife forensics for resolving the origin of claw samples using a novel primer cocktail. Mitochondrial DNA Part A 27:6, pages 3932-3935.
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William D. Moreto & A. M. Lemieux. (2015) Poaching in Uganda: Perspectives of Law Enforcement Rangers. Deviant Behavior 36:11, pages 853-873.
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MatthewS. Crow, Tara O'Connor Shelley & PaulB. Stretesky. (2013) Camouflage-Collar Crime: An Examination of Wildlife Crime and Characteristics of Offenders in Florida. Deviant Behavior 34:8, pages 635-652.
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JessicaS. Kahler & MeredithL. Gore. (2012) Beyond the cooking pot and pocket book: Factors influencing noncompliance with wildlife poaching rules. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice 36:2, pages 103-120.
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StephenL. Eliason. (2012) Trophy Poaching: A Routine Activities Perspective. Deviant Behavior 33:1, pages 72-87.
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StephenL. Eliason. (2008) Wildlife Crime: Conservation Officers' Perceptions of Elusive Poachers. Deviant Behavior 29:2, pages 111-128.
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Jennifer M. Pytka, Alec B. M. Moore & Adel Heenan. (2023) Internet trade of a previously unknown wildlife product from a critically endangered marine fish. Conservation Science and Practice 5:3.
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Geoff Koehler, Anne Schmidt-Küntzel, Laurie Marker & Keith A. Hobson. (2023) Delineating origins of cheetah cubs in the illegal wildlife trade: Improvements based on the use of hair δ18O measurements. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11.
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