Stephen F Pires
Biographic Data
| ID | 231431 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen F Pires |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen F |
| FAMILY NAME | Pires |
| SIGNATURE | PIRES S F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Florida International University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8525-0185 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Impact of Covid-19 Residential Quarantines on Patterns of Violence against Women in Colombia
The Spatial Distribution and Determinants of Fatal vs. Nonfatal Shootings in Baltimore, USA
Factors Associated with Geographic Patterns of Poor Sustained Viral Suppression in Miami-Dade County Florida, 2017
An Examination of Article Productivity and Influence among Criminology and Criminal Justice Doctoral Faculty, 2015–2021
Faculty productivity and influence constitute an important aspect of doctoral program quality. Literature on faculty productivity of Criminology and Criminal Justice (CCJ) Ph.D. programs has not yet properly weighted the impact of journal publications in a standardized and objective manner, limiting their analyses to select CCJ journals or the CCJ discipline. This is problematic because CCJ is an interdisciplinary field, and many criminologists p…
Predicting timber theft based on environmental features – Insights from Humboldt Redwoods State Park, US
A Social Network Analysis of Large-Scale Wildlife Seizures Made at US Ports of Entry
The United States is among the largest markets of both legal and illegal wildlife in the world. Prior studies of wildlife seized at US ports of entry have demonstrated that a small number of flora and fauna species account for a disproportionate share of illicit wildlife seizures and that a select number of entry ports and export countries account for the large majority of these seizures. However, the distributional flow of wildlife entering the …
Choice Structuring Properties of Natural Resource Theft
Coast redwoods are the tallest living tree species and one of the longest-living organisms on Earth, with lifespans that can extend 2,500 years. Burl poaching from a living tree leaves a wound, making it susceptible to insects, disease, and even death. A spate of burl poaching incidents have riddled the Redwood National and State Parks (Northern California) in recent years. This paper uses the concept of choice structuring properties to understan…
Taking Stock in Wildlife Crime Research
Wildlife crime is an emerging topic of study within criminology and criminal justice (CCJ). This study provides the first-ever systematic review of the state of wildlife crime research by CCJ scholars to describe and better understand how it has evolved over time and where the opportunity for expansion exists. Data gathered from a search of the Criminal Justice Abstracts database is analyzed to address ten hypotheses concerning overall trends. Fi…
International and Transnational Crime and Justice
International crime and justice is an emerging field that covers crime and justice from a global perspective. This book introduces the nature of international and transnational crimes, theoretical foundations to understanding the relationship between social change and the waxing and waning of the crime opportunity structure, globalization, migration, culture conflicts, and the emerging legal frameworks for their prevention and control. It present…
The spatial pattern of redwood burl poaching and implications for prevention
Assessing U.S. Wildlife Trafficking Patterns
Illegal wildlife trade is among the most profitable transnational crimes in the world. In the U.S. fewer than 330 agents from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services are tasked with inspecting 72 air and seaports to intercept illicit wildlife products. This paper suggests a risk assessment strategy that utilizes analytical techniques from criminology to wildlife contraband entering the U.S. Using the LEMIS database, 40,113 incidents of seized wildlife pr…
An overview of seized illegal wildlife entering the United States
The current study analyses seizures made at US ports of entry between 2003 and 2013, with the aim to identify concentrations of illegal wildlife imports into the United States. Findings show that 94% of species seized belong to six groups – mammals, molluscs, birds, reptiles, fish and coral – with mammals and reptiles making up more than half of all seizure incidents. Additionally, most seized wildlife is imported as leather products, medicinal p…
Specifying Kidnapping for Ransom Epidemics at the Global Level
Criminal groups around the world frequently rely on kidnapping for ransom (K&R) to fund and further their cause. Some case studies suggest war torn, fragile, and corrupt countries experience K&R epidemics more often. While such factors may be present in some countries experiencing K&R epidemics, it remains to be seen if these failed state factors are generalizable to all nations. To date, no research has systematically examined the conditions tha…
Understanding parrot trafficking between illicit markets in Bolivia
The CRAVED model has been used to understand theft variation in a whole host of hot products, including wildlife. Past research, however, has only applied the model at either the theft or illicit market stage to understand why particular products are stolen in high numbers. The CRAVED model has yet to be applied to the trafficking stage of hot products smuggled between illicit markets and, therefore, its applicability at this particular stage rem…
The Crime Triangle of Kidnapping for Ransom Incidents in Colombia, South America
Crime science research over the last few decades has shown that crime tends to concentrate, most notably spatially and temporally. These and other concentrations oriented by the crime triangle (victims, offenders and places) offer important implications for the development of effective prevention initiatives. Yet, these findings have mostly been derived from analysis of conventional domestic crimes leaving questions as to whether similar patterni…
Sold into extinction
According to Jacqueline Schneider, the population of wild tigers in the world has dropped from approximately 100,000 to less than 3000. Additionally, four of the seven tiger species that once roame
The illegal parrot trade
Parrots are amongst the most beautiful and intelligent bird species in the world. They have been coveted as pets for centuries, particularly in the neo-tropics where they are heavily populated. Unfortunately, this has led to dramatic increases in parrot poaching over the last few decades, making parrots the most threatened bird species in the world. Despite laws against parrot poaching throughout the neo-tropics, the illegal trade continues while…
Sequential Foraging, Itinerant Fences and Parrot Poaching in Bolivia
Despite legal prohibitions, poaching of wild parrots is widespread in the neo-tropics, with the result that many species are now endangered. Guided by optimal foraging theory, secondary data are used to investigate why some species of Bolivian parrots, but not others, are found in an illegal pet market in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Species commonly found in the market make more enjoyable pets, are more abundant in the wild and more accessible to humans…
Sequential Foraging, Itinerant Fences and Parrot Poaching in Bolivia
Despite legal prohibitions, poaching of wild parrots is widespread in the neo-tropics, with the result that many species are now endangered. Guided by optimal foraging theory, secondary data are used to investigate why some species of Bolivian parrots, but not others, are found in an illegal pet market in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Species commonly found in the market make more enjoyable pets, are more abundant in the wild and more accessible to humans…
An overview of seized illegal wildlife entering the United States
The current study analyses seizures made at US ports of entry between 2003 and 2013, with the aim to identify concentrations of illegal wildlife imports into the United States. Findings show that 94% of species seized belong to six groups – mammals, molluscs, birds, reptiles, fish and coral – with mammals and reptiles making up more than half of all seizure incidents. Additionally, most seized wildlife is imported as leather products, medicinal p…
Assessing U.S. Wildlife Trafficking Patterns
Illegal wildlife trade is among the most profitable transnational crimes in the world. In the U.S. fewer than 330 agents from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services are tasked with inspecting 72 air and seaports to intercept illicit wildlife products. This paper suggests a risk assessment strategy that utilizes analytical techniques from criminology to wildlife contraband entering the U.S. Using the LEMIS database, 40,113 incidents of seized wildlife pr…
Taking Stock in Wildlife Crime Research
Wildlife crime is an emerging topic of study within criminology and criminal justice (CCJ). This study provides the first-ever systematic review of the state of wildlife crime research by CCJ scholars to describe and better understand how it has evolved over time and where the opportunity for expansion exists. Data gathered from a search of the Criminal Justice Abstracts database is analyzed to address ten hypotheses concerning overall trends. Fi…
The spatial pattern of redwood burl poaching and implications for prevention
Choice Structuring Properties of Natural Resource Theft
Coast redwoods are the tallest living tree species and one of the longest-living organisms on Earth, with lifespans that can extend 2,500 years. Burl poaching from a living tree leaves a wound, making it susceptible to insects, disease, and even death. A spate of burl poaching incidents have riddled the Redwood National and State Parks (Northern California) in recent years. This paper uses the concept of choice structuring properties to understan…
Specifying Kidnapping for Ransom Epidemics at the Global Level
Criminal groups around the world frequently rely on kidnapping for ransom (K&R) to fund and further their cause. Some case studies suggest war torn, fragile, and corrupt countries experience K&R epidemics more often. While such factors may be present in some countries experiencing K&R epidemics, it remains to be seen if these failed state factors are generalizable to all nations. To date, no research has systematically examined the conditions tha…
Understanding parrot trafficking between illicit markets in Bolivia
The CRAVED model has been used to understand theft variation in a whole host of hot products, including wildlife. Past research, however, has only applied the model at either the theft or illicit market stage to understand why particular products are stolen in high numbers. The CRAVED model has yet to be applied to the trafficking stage of hot products smuggled between illicit markets and, therefore, its applicability at this particular stage rem…
The Crime Triangle of Kidnapping for Ransom Incidents in Colombia, South America
Crime science research over the last few decades has shown that crime tends to concentrate, most notably spatially and temporally. These and other concentrations oriented by the crime triangle (victims, offenders and places) offer important implications for the development of effective prevention initiatives. Yet, these findings have mostly been derived from analysis of conventional domestic crimes leaving questions as to whether similar patterni…
A Social Network Analysis of Large-Scale Wildlife Seizures Made at US Ports of Entry
The United States is among the largest markets of both legal and illegal wildlife in the world. Prior studies of wildlife seized at US ports of entry have demonstrated that a small number of flora and fauna species account for a disproportionate share of illicit wildlife seizures and that a select number of entry ports and export countries account for the large majority of these seizures. However, the distributional flow of wildlife entering the …
Sequential Foraging, Itinerant Fences and Parrot Poaching in Bolivia
Despite legal prohibitions, poaching of wild parrots is widespread in the neo-tropics, with the result that many species are now endangered. Guided by optimal foraging theory, secondary data are used to investigate why some species of Bolivian parrots, but not others, are found in an illegal pet market in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Species commonly found in the market make more enjoyable pets, are more abundant in the wild and more accessible to humans…
The illegal parrot trade
Parrots are amongst the most beautiful and intelligent bird species in the world. They have been coveted as pets for centuries, particularly in the neo-tropics where they are heavily populated. Unfortunately, this has led to dramatic increases in parrot poaching over the last few decades, making parrots the most threatened bird species in the world. Despite laws against parrot poaching throughout the neo-tropics, the illegal trade continues while…
Sold into extinction
According to Jacqueline Schneider, the population of wild tigers in the world has dropped from approximately 100,000 to less than 3000. Additionally, four of the seven tiger species that once roame
The Crime Triangle of Kidnapping for Ransom Incidents in Colombia, South America
Crime science research over the last few decades has shown that crime tends to concentrate, most notably spatially and temporally. These and other concentrations oriented by the crime triangle (victims, offenders and places) offer important implications for the development of effective prevention initiatives. Yet, these findings have mostly been derived from analysis of conventional domestic crimes leaving questions as to whether similar patterni…
An overview of seized illegal wildlife entering the United States
The current study analyses seizures made at US ports of entry between 2003 and 2013, with the aim to identify concentrations of illegal wildlife imports into the United States. Findings show that 94% of species seized belong to six groups – mammals, molluscs, birds, reptiles, fish and coral – with mammals and reptiles making up more than half of all seizure incidents. Additionally, most seized wildlife is imported as leather products, medicinal p…
Specifying Kidnapping for Ransom Epidemics at the Global Level
Criminal groups around the world frequently rely on kidnapping for ransom (K&R) to fund and further their cause. Some case studies suggest war torn, fragile, and corrupt countries experience K&R epidemics more often. While such factors may be present in some countries experiencing K&R epidemics, it remains to be seen if these failed state factors are generalizable to all nations. To date, no research has systematically examined the conditions tha…
Understanding parrot trafficking between illicit markets in Bolivia
The CRAVED model has been used to understand theft variation in a whole host of hot products, including wildlife. Past research, however, has only applied the model at either the theft or illicit market stage to understand why particular products are stolen in high numbers. The CRAVED model has yet to be applied to the trafficking stage of hot products smuggled between illicit markets and, therefore, its applicability at this particular stage rem…
Assessing U.S. Wildlife Trafficking Patterns
Illegal wildlife trade is among the most profitable transnational crimes in the world. In the U.S. fewer than 330 agents from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services are tasked with inspecting 72 air and seaports to intercept illicit wildlife products. This paper suggests a risk assessment strategy that utilizes analytical techniques from criminology to wildlife contraband entering the U.S. Using the LEMIS database, 40,113 incidents of seized wildlife pr…
The spatial pattern of redwood burl poaching and implications for prevention
International and Transnational Crime and Justice
International crime and justice is an emerging field that covers crime and justice from a global perspective. This book introduces the nature of international and transnational crimes, theoretical foundations to understanding the relationship between social change and the waxing and waning of the crime opportunity structure, globalization, migration, culture conflicts, and the emerging legal frameworks for their prevention and control. It present…
Choice Structuring Properties of Natural Resource Theft
Coast redwoods are the tallest living tree species and one of the longest-living organisms on Earth, with lifespans that can extend 2,500 years. Burl poaching from a living tree leaves a wound, making it susceptible to insects, disease, and even death. A spate of burl poaching incidents have riddled the Redwood National and State Parks (Northern California) in recent years. This paper uses the concept of choice structuring properties to understan…
Taking Stock in Wildlife Crime Research
Wildlife crime is an emerging topic of study within criminology and criminal justice (CCJ). This study provides the first-ever systematic review of the state of wildlife crime research by CCJ scholars to describe and better understand how it has evolved over time and where the opportunity for expansion exists. Data gathered from a search of the Criminal Justice Abstracts database is analyzed to address ten hypotheses concerning overall trends. Fi…
Factors Associated with Geographic Patterns of Poor Sustained Viral Suppression in Miami-Dade County Florida, 2017
An Examination of Article Productivity and Influence among Criminology and Criminal Justice Doctoral Faculty, 2015–2021
Faculty productivity and influence constitute an important aspect of doctoral program quality. Literature on faculty productivity of Criminology and Criminal Justice (CCJ) Ph.D. programs has not yet properly weighted the impact of journal publications in a standardized and objective manner, limiting their analyses to select CCJ journals or the CCJ discipline. This is problematic because CCJ is an interdisciplinary field, and many criminologists p…
Predicting timber theft based on environmental features – Insights from Humboldt Redwoods State Park, US
A Social Network Analysis of Large-Scale Wildlife Seizures Made at US Ports of Entry
The United States is among the largest markets of both legal and illegal wildlife in the world. Prior studies of wildlife seized at US ports of entry have demonstrated that a small number of flora and fauna species account for a disproportionate share of illicit wildlife seizures and that a select number of entry ports and export countries account for the large majority of these seizures. However, the distributional flow of wildlife entering the …
The Spatial Distribution and Determinants of Fatal vs. Nonfatal Shootings in Baltimore, USA
The Impact of Covid-19 Residential Quarantines on Patterns of Violence against Women in Colombia
Geography (13 works) · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (13 works) · Wildlife (10 works) · Ecology (9 works) · Biology (8 works) · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (8 works) · Poaching (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works)