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Evaluating wildlife law enforcement agent and agency effectiveness: a methodology

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dc.contributor.authorBullard, Clifford Owenen
dc.contributor.committeechairGiles, Robert H. Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCross, Gerald H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHite, Michael P.en
dc.contributor.departmentWildlife Managementen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:46:51Zen
dc.date.adate2009-10-06en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:46:51Zen
dc.date.issued1992-12-03en
dc.date.rdate2009-10-06en
dc.date.sdate2009-10-06en
dc.description.abstractA project was completed that 1) developed a list of potential primary law enforcement objectives; 2) analyzed the arrest component of agency and agent objectives; and 3) developed a computer model that produced an agent arrest score. A methodology to select law enforcement objectives using a hierarchy was developed. The objective hierarchy and example objectives are shown. A crime wildlife related list was developed. Game wardens and wildlife biologists with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, foresters with the Virginia Department of Forestry, and members of 2 private interest groups were surveyed to determine the relative importance of the crimes. Respondents ranked violations on a scale from 1 ("not very wrong") to 9 (livery wrong") relative to a given standard violation. The survey contained 3 sections: (A) specific violation list, (8) species list, and (C) list of violation categories. Differences among groups, consistency in responses, and relative consensus about importance of violations were analyzed.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentxii, 226 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-10062009-020028en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10062009-020028/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/45002en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1992.B855.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 27689253en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1992.B855en
dc.subject.lcshLaw enforcement -- Evaluationen
dc.subject.lcshWildlife conservation -- Law and legislationen
dc.titleEvaluating wildlife law enforcement agent and agency effectiveness: a methodologyen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineWildlife Managementen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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