Opinions of the public, conservationists and magistrates on sentencing wildlife trade crimes in the UK

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 154-161

  St John, Freya A V ^a,b   Edwards Jones, Gareth ^a   Jones, Julia P G ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

conjoint analysis; illegal; sentencing; UK; wildlife crime; wildlife trade

Indexed keywords

CONJOINT ANALYSIS; GENERAL PUBLICS; ILLEGAL; ILLEGAL TRADE; IN-LINE; INFORMATION CONCERNING; LEGAL PROTECTION; PUBLIC OPINIONS; SENTENCING; UK;

ANIMALS; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROFITABILITY; SURVEYS;

CRIME;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRIME; GUIDELINE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84860804487     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S037689291200001X     Document Type: Article

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