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.
