Stockholm Criminology Symposium 2010 SummaryDr Tanya Wyatt
PhD, MA, BA
Acting Principle Lecturer in Criminology
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Contact details: Dept of Social Sciences Northumbria University Lipman Building Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST Tel: +44 (0)191 227 4015 tanya.wyatt@northumbria.ac.uk |
Biography
Tanya joined the University of Northumbria in October of 2010. Previously, for nearly five years, she was a deputy sheriff and police officer, which included working in a maximum-security county jail and patrolling a small town. Tanya then served for two years as a United States Peace Corps volunteer in Ukraine. During that time, she wrote grants and designed programs to prevent the trafficking of women.
Qualifications
- PhD Criminology, University of Kent 2009
- MA Criminology and Criminal Justice, Eastern Michigan University 2004
- BA Biology, Mills College, Oakland, California, USA 1997
Research and Consultancy
Research Interests
Tanya is interested in all things relating to green criminology, particularly the illegal wildlife trade, but also smuggling and theft of other natural resources. Her future research plans include examination of industrial agricultural, animal welfare, and food-borne illnesses. Additionally, Tanya is interested in the intersection of green crimes and human and national security, transnational crime, and organized crime.
Tanya's paper at the Stockholm Criminology Symposium 2010 on the illegal charcoal trade in Cambodia was chosen as a highlight of the conference.
Tanya is interested in supervising doctoral students on topics related to green criminology such as, but not limited to, wildlife crime, animal welfare, pollution and environmental security. Research can also focus on discriminatory access to healthy environmental and natural resources.
Research Projects
Principal Investigator on the ESRC Green Crime Research Seminar Series beginning October 2012
Tanya is in the early stages of designing a research study on the poaching of game meat in the UK and the implications for food safety.
Publications
Books
Wyatt, T. (2012) Green Criminology & Wildlife Trafficking: The Illegal Fur and Falcon Trades in Russia Far East. Saarbrücken, Germany: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing.
Journal Articles
South, N. and Wyatt, T. (2011) 'Comparison of the Illicit Wildlife and Drug Trades: An Exploratory Study.' Deviant Behavior 32: 338-561
Wyatt, T. (2011) 'The Illegal Raptor Trade in the Russian Federation'. Contemporary Justice Review 14(2): 103-123
Wyatt, T. (2009) 'Exploring the Organization in Russia Far East’s Illegal Wildlife Trade: Two Case Studies of the Illegal Fur and Illegal Falcon Trades' Global Crime 10(1 & 2): 144-154
Reports
Wyatt, T. (2007) Assessment of the North American fur trade. TRAFFIC Bulletin. World Wildlife Fund.
Book Chapters
Wyatt, T. (2010) ‘Exploring the Organization in Russia Far East’s Illegal Wildlife Trade: Two Case Studies of the Illegal Fur and Illegal Falcon Trades’ in Bouchard. M. and C. Wilkins (eds.) Illegal Markets and the Economics of Organized Crime London: Routledge
Teaching
Tanya is involved in the teaching of core modules in Criminology and its joint programmes. She will also be leading option modules on green criminology and environmental crisis.
SO0815 Surveillance and Society
SO0811 Crime, Drugs, and Global Markets
SO0708 Police and Policing
SO0608 Crime and Society
SO0556 Issues in Crime and Social Control
Key Roles and Responsibilities in the Department
Tanya is Examinations Officer
Esteem Indicators
- Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal on Green Criminology
- Member of the European Working Group on Organisational Crime.
