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Author: Arnold, John Thomas

Title: Characteristics of Wildlife Law Violators in Mississippi and Their Attitudes Toward Conservation Officers

Summary: With little research available addressing violator attitudes, two important research questions arise. First, does the type of violation (i.e., no hunter orange, trespassing, baiting, and hunting from a public road) committed affect violator attitudes? Second, does motivation for committing the violation influence violator attitudes? This study examined these questions by investigating violator attitudes toward Conservation Officers. I collected information from a sample of licensed violators in 2002 and 2003 using self-administered mail questionnaires. Most (90%) of the violators studied had been cited while hunting white-tailed deer. I did not detect any differences in attitudes toward Conservation Officers among the four violation types investigated. Reasons for violating also did not influence attitudes toward Conservation Officers. Thus, I conclude that Mississippi wildlife law violators can be treated as a homogenous group when looking at attitudes toward Conservation Officers.

Details: Mississippi State, MS: Mississippi State University, 2005. 68p.

Source: Internet Resource: Accessed on January 23, 2012 at http://hdclel.org/PDFs/thesis/ArnoldThesis.pdf

Year: 2005

Country: United States

URL: http://hdclel.org/PDFs/thesis/ArnoldThesis.pdf

Shelf Number: 123741

Keywords:
Environmental Crime
Law Enforcement Officers
Offenders
Wildlife Conservation
Wildlife Crimes (Mississippi)