Wildlife Criminology

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This course will examine wildlife crimes from a global criminological perspective. Poaching and the illegal trafficking of wildlife has become a massive form of crime both at the local level and globally. This has led to the near loss of many species around the world. Wildlife crime has significant ecological, economic, social, and security costs at all levels of government in many countries. Issues related to wildlife criminology will be analyzed and discussed with a specific emphasis on theory, ethics, and prevention.