Pires, Stephen
- Associate Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice , Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs

Overview
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Dr. Stephen F. Pires earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University. He is an expert on the illegal wildlife trade with a particular focus on commonly-poached species (i.e. hot products), illicit markets, & the organization of the illegal trade. In addition to his work on wildlife crime, Dr. Pires has published several articles on how other deviant behavior, such as kidnappings for ransom and illicit smoking, is clustered in space and time while illustrating the benefits of using GIS to inform prevention policy. Dr. Pires has presented his research at numerous conferences and symposia on a national and international scale and has published in a variety of scholarly journals including the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, British Journal of Criminology, Forest Policy & Economics, Bird Conservation International/, Ocean and Coastal Management, Journal of American College Health, Homicide Studies, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, and Crime Science. Recently, he co-authored the books, “Wildlife Crime: An Environmental Criminology and Crime Science Perspective” (2018) and “Quantitative Studies in Green and Conservation Criminology” (2019).
Dr. Pires is a member of the American Society of Criminology, Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis, Center for Conservation Criminology at Rutgers University, International Green Criminology Working Group, and the Working Group Psittaciformes of the International Ornithologists’ Union. He is an editorial board member for the journal Global Crime and has served as Guest Editor for the Special Issue on ‘Wildlife Crime’ at the European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research in 2015.
research interests
- Situational Crime Prevention | Crime Mapping | Conservation Criminology | Wildlife Crime | Kidnapping for Ransom | International Crime
Scholarly & Creative Works
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Article
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2022Threats of Longline Fishing to Global Albatross DiversityFull Text via DOI: 10.3390/ani12070887 Web of Science: 000780542000001
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2022Factors Associated with Geographic Patterns of Poor Sustained Viral Suppression in Miami-Dade County Florida, 2017Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s40615-021-01227-w Web of Science: 000750677800001
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2021What drives the illegal parrot trade? Applying a criminological model to market and seizure data in IndonesiaFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109098 Web of Science: 000663301900005
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2020Choice Structuring Properties of Natural Resource Theft: An Examination of Redwood Burl PoachingFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2019.1565518 Web of Science: 000534087500004
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2020Low Self-Control and Environmental Harm: A Theoretical Perspective and Empirical TestFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12103-019-09514-3 Web of Science: 000505364000001
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2020Taking Stock in Wildlife Crime Research: Trends and Implications for Future ResearchFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2018.1556851 Web of Science: 000505137500006
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2018The spatial pattern of redwood burl poaching and implications for preventionFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2018.06.009 Web of Science: 000440528900007
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2018Detecting the Determinants and Trajectories of Homicide Among Ransom Kidnappings: A Research NoteFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/1088767916685367 Web of Science: 000429812000005
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2017Specifying Kidnapping for Ransom Epidemics at the Global Level: A Matched-Case Control DesignFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2016.1168656 Web of Science: 000396859900003
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2016Spatial, temporal and age sources of variation in parrot poaching in BoliviaFull Text via DOI: 10.1017/S095927091500026X Web of Science: 000381502700004
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2016Organized crime or crime that is organized? The parrot trade in the neotropicsFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12117-015-9259-7 Web of Science: 000413932400002
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2016The spatial distribution of smoking violations on a no-smoking campus: Implications for preventionFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2015.1074239 Web of Science: 000366386400001
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2016An overview of seized illegal wildlife entering the United StatesFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/17440572.2016.1152548 Web of Science: 000388363500003
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2016Understanding parrot trafficking between illicit markets in Bolivia: an application of the CRAVED modelFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/01924036.2015.1028951 Web of Science: 000373372100004
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2015A CRAVED Analysis of Multiple Illicit Parrot Markets in Peru and BoliviaFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10610-014-9264-4 Web of Science: 000362731800003
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2015Factors affecting crab and lobster species subject to IUU fishingFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.01.014 Web of Science: 000350533800003
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2015The Heterogeneity of Illicit Parrot Markets: An Analysis of Seven Neo-Tropical Open-Air MarketsFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10610-014-9246-6 Web of Science: 000352820900010
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2014THE CRIME TRIANGLE OF KIDNAPPING FOR RANSOM INCIDENTS IN COLOMBIA, SOUTH AMERICA A 'Litmus' Test for Situational Crime PreventionFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azu044 Web of Science: 000344651700005
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2012Are Parrots CRAVED? An Analysis of Parrot Poaching in MexicoFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/0022427810397950 Web of Science: 000300050500006
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2011Preventing Wildlife Crimes: Solutions That Can Overcome the 'Tragedy of the Commons'Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10610-011-9141-3 Web of Science: 000290771700003
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2011SEQUENTIAL FORAGING, ITINERANT FENCES AND PARROT POACHING IN BOLIVIAFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azq074 Web of Science: 000288547500006
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Book
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Book Chapter
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2019
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2017Preventing Wildlife Crimes: Solutions That Can Overcome the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’. 419-442.Full Text via DOI: 10.4324/9781315084589-25
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2017Preventing wildlife crimes: Solutions that can overcome the 'tragedy of the commons'. 419-442.Full Text via DOI: 10.4324/9781315084589
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2014Does opportunity make the poacher? An analysis of neo-tropical illicit parrot markets. 44-61.Web of Science: 000340924100004
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Book Review
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2013Sold into extinction: the global trade in endangered species. Ed. 14.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/17440572.2013.770370 Web of Science: 000212617100012
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Conference
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2021ROLE OF NEIGHBORHOOD FACTORS ON RACIAL/ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN SUSTAINED HIV VIRAL SUPPRESSION AMONG RYAN WHITE PROGRAM CLIENTS IN MIAMI, 2017. A147-A147.Full Text via DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2021-sti.385 Web of Science: 000704729500273
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Editorial Material
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Other Scholarly Work
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2015Introduction: Wildlife Crime. 299-302.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10610-015-9290-x Web of Science: 000362731800001
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Review
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2017Wildlife crime: a conceptual integration, literature review, and methodological critiqueFull Text via DOI: 10.1186/s40163-017-0066-0 Web of Science: 000461105900004
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2017Assessing US Wildlife Trafficking Patterns: How Criminology and Conservation Science Can Guide Strategies to Reduce the Illegal Wildlife Trade. 375-391.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2016.1197009 Web of Science: 000396055900001
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2012The illegal parrot trade: a literature review. 176-190.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/17440572.2012.700180 Web of Science: 000212612600003
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Research
principal investigator on
- Student Travel Support awarded by Rutgers State University 2012
Contact
full name
- Stephen Pires
Identifiers
ORCID iD
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8525-0185 (confirmed)
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