The Illegal Wildlife Trade in China : Understanding The Distribution Networks / by Rebecca W. Y. Wong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wong, Rebecca W. Y., Author.

Series:

Palgrave Studies in Green Criminology, 2946-2703

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical criminology.

Criminology.

Transnational crime.

Animal welfare--Moral and ethical aspects.

Animal welfare.

Critical Criminology.

Crime Control and Security.

Transnational Crime.

Animal Ethics.

Local Subjects:

Critical Criminology.

Crime Control and Security.

Transnational Crime.

Animal Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2019.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.

Summary:

This book offers a theoretically-based study on crimes against protected wildlife in mainland China with first-hand empirical data collected over five years. It provides an overall examination of crimes against protected and endangered wildlife and an extensive account of the situation in China, where a significant portion of the illegal wildlife trade is currently happening. This emerging field has become an important topic for enforcement and governments alike yet remains an under-researched area. The collected data covers illegal tiger-parts trade, the illegal ivory trade, and the consumption of protected wildlife. The book will serve as a useful reference for scholars, law-enforcement agencies, lawyers, and conservation and wildlife-protection NGO groups to facilitate their understanding of the growing illegal trade in protected and endangered wildlife. The Illegal Wildlife Trade in China has three general aims: first, to contribute to the general development of green criminology and specifically to the literature of the illegal transactions of protected wildlife at the distribution stage. Second, it aims to understand how illegal transactions are carried out to create insights for policy makers and law enforcement professionals. Finally Wong seeks to apply theoretical frameworks (such as that of trust, networks, and situational crime prevention) to the understanding of the distribution of illegal wildlife products in order to make contributions to ongoing sociological and criminological discussions.

Contents:

1. The Demand and Supply of Protected Wildlife Products in China

2. China and the Illegal Wildlife Trade

3. Criminological Perspective on the Illegal Wildlife Trade

4. Conducting Research on the Illegal Wildlife Trade in China

5. The Illegal Distribution of Ivory

6. The Illegal Tiger Parts Trade

7. Consumption of Protected Wildlife as Food

8. Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9783030136666

3030136663