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Using crime script analysis to understand wildlife poaching in Vietnam
Julie Viollaz1, Barney Long2, Cao Tiến Trung3
1United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Vienna, Austria.
Ambio
|March 19, 2021
Summary
This study analyzed snare poaching in Vietnam, revealing procedural steps from preparation to sale. Understanding these stages helps develop targeted community-based crime prevention strategies for biodiversity conservation.
Area of Science:
- Conservation Science
- Criminology
- Wildlife Management
Background:
- Poaching threatens biodiversity conservation and human livelihoods.
- Snare poaching is a significant illegal hunting activity in protected areas.
Purpose of the Study:
- To enhance understanding of the opportunity structure of snare poaching.
- To advance community-based crime prevention activities for conservation.
Main Methods:
- Applied crime script analysis to snare poaching in three Vietnamese protected areas.
- Analyzed nine stages of the poaching process for three poacher types.
- Utilized expert-based elicitation with 13 workshop participants.
Main Results:
- Identified systematic, crime-specific insights into poaching procedures from preparation to sale.
- Found five similar stages and two different stages across poacher types.
- Highlighted multiple entry points for prevention techniques tailored to poaching types and poachers.
Conclusions:
- Crime script analysis provides procedural insights into poaching.
- Understanding poaching stages enables targeted prevention strategies.
- The interdisciplinary approach can be adapted to various conservation contexts.
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