Paradoxes of Prevention: Situational, Contextual, and Political Economy Responses to Wildlife Crime

The following chapter by White addresses thetheoretical silo mentioned in the introduction of this volume. White has beena central figure in the green criminological study of environment-relatedcrimes and harms for two decades and is well-situated to provide an overviewof the development of wildlife crime as a viable area of study within criminology.Focusing on three distinct orientations used to examine wildlife crimewithin the criminological literature-situational, contextual, and politicaleconomy-he provides an overview of the strengths and limitations of all threeperspectives. In the penultimate' section, White discusses the potential benefitof incorporating these perspectives in developing holistic responses to addresswildlife crime and outlines future avenues for collaborative research