• E4J University Module Series: Wildlife Crime

• Module 3: Criminal Justice Responses to Wildlife Trafficking

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

  • Criminal justice actors and agencies
  • Criminalization of wildlife trafficking
  • Challenges for law enforcement
  • Investigation measures and detection methods
  • DNA
  • Prosecution and judiciary
  • References

• Exercises

• Possible class structure

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Student assessment

• Additional teaching tools

 

Published in September 2019 

Regional Perspective: Eastern and Southern Africa - added in April 2020

 

 

  This module is a resource for lecturers  

 

Advanced reading

 

The following readings are recommended for students interested in exploring the topics of this Module in more detail, and for lecturers teaching the Module:

• CITES Secretariat, Model Law on International Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora (2016) Part 7 Offences and Penalties
• DLA Piper, Empty Threat 2015: Does the Law Combat Illegal Wildlife Trade? A review of legislative and judicial approaches in fifteen jurisdictions (2015)
• Nurse, Angus, Policing Wildlife: Perspectives on the Enforcement of Wildlife Legislation (2015)
• Pires, Stephen F & William D. Moreto, 'Preventing Wildlife Crimes: Solutions That Can Overcome the "Tragedy of the Commons"' (2011) 17 European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research 101-123
• Tobe, Shanan S et al, 'Tackling poaching: Recovery of human DNA profiles from deer remains' (2011) 3(1) Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series e265-e266
• UNODC, Guide on Drafting Legislation to Combat Wildlife Crime (2018)
• UNODC, Wildlife and Forest Crime Analytical Toolkit (revised ed, 2012)

 

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