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Illicit Redwood Theft in a California State Park: A Crime Script Analysis Approach
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21-01-2024
Resumen
Empirical studies on flora poaching are scarce, and the few that exist tend to focus on the study of illegal logging. The goal of this paper is to provide a deeper understanding of the issue of timber theft in protected parks, as well as to identify potential avenues for detection and prevention of this criminal behavior, using the case study of split-rail theft at Humboldt Redwoods State Park in California (USA). We utilize script analysis to offer a detailed description of the crime-commission process and the procedural requirements to carry out this type of crime. To do so, we used a mixed methods design that included incident data collection, field observations, and informal interviews with park rangers. Interventions that could potentially disrupt the chain of events, based on Situational Crime Prevention, are identified, and discussed.
Palabras clave:
crime scripts, situational crime prevention, flora poaching, wildlife crimeCitas
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- College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Summer Research Fellowship at California State University, San Bernardino
- Dorothea Green Fellowship at Florida International University
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