@article{890806,
      recid = {890806},
      author = {Wong, Rebecca Wing Yee,},
      title = {The illegal wildlife trade in China : understanding the  distribution networks /},
      pages = {1 online resource (180 pages).},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/890806},
}