Compliance on the Line: Black and Latinx fishers’ Perceptions of Motivations for Compliance and Law Enforcement Fairness in Florida’s Fisheries Sector
Compliance on the Line: Black and Latinx fishers’ Perceptions of Motivations for Compliance and Law Enforcement Fairness in Florida’s Fisheries Sector
Roberto Ferrer Hernán G. Álvarez Emily Swanson Jessica S. Kahler University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USARoberto Ferrer is currently the Communications Assistant for the Florida Sea Grant at the University of Florida. He received his Bachelor of Arts with Highest Honors in Criminology & Law with a focus on Conservation Criminology from the University of Florida. While conducting this research under the direction of Dr. Kahler, Mr. Ferrer was a Reubin Askew Fellow and a Legislative Intern in the Florida State House of Representatives in Tallahassee, Florida.Hernán G. Álvarez is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Interdisciplinary Ecology in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment with a Concentration in Sociology from the Department of Sociology, and Criminology & Law at the University of Florida. Hernán’s interests focus on understanding the drivers of compliance and non-compliance behaviors related to wildlife crime and conservation planning.Emily Swanson is a Ph.D. student and graduate instructor in sociology with a concentration in environmental and resource sociology at the University of Florida. Emily’s interests focus on the social construction of the environment, social philosophy, global environmental conflict, climate change, agriculture, conservation, and environmental justice.Jessica S. Kahler is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law at the University of Florida. She received her Ph.D. from Michigan State University with a focus in Conservation Criminology. Dr. Kahler’s research interests include community-based conservation, conservation guardianship, wildlife crime, and situational crime prevention. Her recent publications have appeared in Biological Conservation, Frontiers of Conservation Science, and Oryx.