What Influences the Poaching of Wildlife? A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis
What Influences the Poaching of Wildlife? A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis
Bigyan Acharya William D. Moreto Craig J. Forsyth a University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USAb University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, USABigyan Acharya is a PhD Student in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Central Florida. His research interests include wildlife crime, and situational crime prevention.William D. Moreto is an associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Central Florida. His research centers on crime science, situational crime prevention, wildlife crime, and conservation law enforcement. His work has appeared in the British Journal of Criminology, Justice Quarterly, Conservation Biology, and Biological Conservation.Craig J. Forsyth (PhD LSU) is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Louisiana, Lafayette. Author of over 300 journal articles/book chapters; The American Merchant Seaman: Struggle and Stigma (Taylor & Francis, 1989); coauthor (w/Anthony Margavio) of Caught in the Net: The Conflict Between Shrimpers & Conservationists (Texas A&M Press, 1996); coauthor (w/Heith Copes) of Encyclopedia of Social Deviance (Sage, 2014); coauthor (w/Tina Deshotels of Gendered Power Dynamics and Exotic Dance: A Multilevel Analysis (Taylor & Francis, 2022); coauthor (w/Tina Deshotels & Erin Rider of Crime and Deviance: Understanding Problems and Constructing Solutions. (Cognella, 2023). His research interests are in deviance, and crime.