Stephen Pires

Stephen F. Pires is a Professor of Criminal Justice at Florida International University (FIU), holding a PhD from Rutgers University (2012). His work focuses on wildlife crime, conservation criminology, and situational crime prevention. He specializes in analyzing illegal wildlife trade networks, applying Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to understand spatial patterns of crime and inform prevention strategies. Pires has presented internationally and publishes in top criminology journals including British Journal of Criminology and Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency.

Education: PhD in Criminal Justice from Rutgers University (2012), supervised by Dr. Ronald Clarke. Research emphasizes hot products in poaching, illicit markets, and wildlife trafficking. He explores topics like timber theft, parrot poaching, and ransom kidnapping through quantitative and spatial methodologies.

Research interests include conservation criminology, crime mapping, and transnational crime. His recent work evaluates counter-wildlife crime interventions and analyzes illegal wildlife seizures at US ports. He serves on editorial boards and reviews for major criminology journals.

Publications span 2011–2024, focusing on wildlife crime, environmental harm, and crime prevention. Key themes include network analysis of trafficking, GIS applications, and policy evaluation. He is a member of the American Society of Criminology and the International Green Criminology Working Group.