Wildlife Crime: The Problems of Enforcement

European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-148

  Wellsmith, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime prevention; Deterrence; Enforcement; Environmental crime; Wildlife crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956281834     PISSN: 09281371     EISSN: 15729869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10610-011-9140-4     Document Type: Article

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