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Wildlife Crime Inquiry

A Substack to explore practical, science-based approaches to wildlife crime analysis and policing grounded in fieldwork, criminology, and spatial data.

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Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There: How Humanitarian Thinking Can Help Wildlife Conservation

In places where survival trumps conservation, rushing in with well-meaning projects can backfire, breeding resentment, inflating expectations, or even worsening threats to wildlife.

Crime Concentration Theory and Risk Terrain Modelling

Why Environment Matters

When Opportunity Is Manufactured:

Rethinking Predisposition and Proactive Policing in Wildlife Crime

Finally launched: a self-guided QGIS crime-science course

A quick happy update: The self-guided version of the conservation crime-science QGIS training I have been offering in guided sessions is now live: 8 modules + a full simulated protected-area dataset

Talking to Poachers

What 300 Offenders Revealed about Risk and Reward

Calculating Least-Cost Pathways in QGIS

In conservation and crime prevention, knowing where something happens is only half the story.

Offender Decision-making: What Burglary Research Can Teach Us About Poaching

Introduction

Intelligence, Risk, and Conservation: Building a Crime Science Approach to Wildlife Crime

Reflections on completing a professional doctorate

Eyes and Ears: The Role and Importance of Intelligence in Wildlife Crime Prevention

Understanding Intelligence-Led Conservation

Thinking Like a Poacher

Applying Rational Choice Perspective to Wildlife Crime Prevention