Offender Decision-Making within the Context of Environmental Crimes

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

Over the past 20 years, researchers in criminal justice, criminology, and crime science have begun to analyze the nature of environmental crimes from various perspectives. One such perspective that has become increasingly popular is the offender decision-making process. This panel covered a wide variety of topics from the illegal trade in Barbary macaques, illegal timber trade, IUU fishing, and the use and trade of arctic species using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. In doing so, this collection of research studies provides greater insight into the decisions offenders make, what situational variables matter, and whether theories of social control and reintegrative shaming are relevant to such environmental crimes or problems.

Sub Unit

• Area II. Perspectives on Crime / 6. Deterrence, Rational Choice and Offender Decision-Making

Individual Presentations

• Monkey business: The illegal trade in Barbary macaques after the CITES-uplisting - Daan Van Uhm, Utrecht University

• A Comparative Modeling Study of Potential IUU Fishing off the Coast of West Africa - Stephen F. Pires, Florida International University; Matthew Dylan Spencer, Georgia Southern University; Gohar A. Petrossian, John Jay College of Criminal Justice; Emilie Christiansen, Florida International University; Ulhas Gondhali, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

• Spatial-temporal Analysis of Illegal Logging in Kenya - Jim Karani, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

• Exploratory Research Assessing the Relationship of Inuit Communities with Wildlife Trade and Use of Arctic Species - Monique Sosnowski, Farmingdale State College SUNY

Chair

• Stephen F. Pires, Florida International University