Mind the Gap! Decoupling Between Policy and Practice in the Policing of Illegal Wildlife Trade
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21513189 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Siv Rebekka Runhovde (0000-0001-5323-145X, The Norwegian Police University College, Oslo, Norway, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 369-388 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-624X • E-ISSN: 1552-6933 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0306624x20967953 |
| PMID | 33124485 |
| OpenAlex | W3097641384 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 59 |
Despite numerous promises and pledges at national and international levels to confront what many acknowledge as a crisis, illegal trade in wild plants and animals continues to grow and diversify. Empirical research conducted in Norway and Uganda from 2013 to 2015 indicates that despite the different circumstances in which law enforcement operates in the two countries, policing agents face a number of comparable challenges. Drawing on institutional theory the paper argues that decoupling, that is, gaps between official policies and daily work activities within the policing organizations, compromises enforcement in both countries. Challenges stem from conflicting demands, poor resources and want of guidelines that oblige officers to prioritize the control of illegal wildlife trade in practice
Business · Enforcement · Law enforcement · Political science · Sanctions · Sociology · Wildlife · Wildlife trade · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Engineering · Law · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Organizations
The Politics of the Police
Green Criminology
From Smoke and Mirrors to Walking the Talk
Street-Level Bureaucracy
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Organizational environments
Analyzing Biographies and Narratives
The Policing Web
Summarizing the Evidence on the International Trade in Illegal Wildlife
Exploring the organization of Russia Far East's illegal wildlife trade
Questions of security
The hole in the doughnut
Decoupling Policy and Practice in the Fight Against Wildlife Smuggling
Responses to Wildlife Crime in Post-Colonial Times. Who Fares Best
Introducing Conservation Criminology
Why do People Comply with the Law
Neo-colonialism and greed
Beyond the cooking pot and pocket book
Comparing Discourse to Officer Perceptions
The Sage Handbook of Organizational Institutionalism
The Politics, Power, and Pathologies of International Organizations
Southern Criminology
Techniques of Neutralization
Regulation, Cross-border Trade and Practical Norms in West Nile, North-Western Uganda
Institutionalized Organizations
Police Use of Discretion
Throwing the Book Versus Cutting Some Slack
| Highly cited | No |
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