Poaching can contribute to the failure of biodiversity conservation efforts and inflict diverse harms on human livelihoods. We applied crime script analysis to the case of snare poaching—an illegal hunting activity—in three Vietnamese protected areas. Our goal was to enhance the understanding about the opportunity structure underlying snare poaching to advance the suite of community-based crime prevention activities. We analyzed crime scripts for three types of poachers across nine stages of the poaching process using expert-based elicitation with 13 workshop participants in Vinh, Vietnam, 2018. Five stages were similar, clustered toward the early stages, and two were different, clustered around middle crime stages. Analysis produced systematic crime-specific insight about the procedural aspects and requirements for poaching from preparation to hunt to selling one’s catch. Stages identify multiple entry points to apply prevention techniques and match techniques with different types of snare poaching or poachers. Although this research focused on protected areas, the interdisciplinary approach applied herein may be adapted to other conservation contexts.

偷猎可能导致生物多样性保护工作失败，并给人类生计造成多种伤害。我们将犯罪脚本分析应用于在三个越南保护区进行的网罗偷猎（一种非法狩猎活动）的案例。我们的目标是增进对圈套偷猎的潜在机会结构的了解，以推进一系列基于社区的犯罪预防活动。我们采用了基于专家的启发方法，在越南荣市（Vinh）的13名讲习班参与者中，采用了基于专家的启发方法，分析了盗猎过程中9个阶段的三种偷猎者的犯罪脚本，其中五个阶段相似，聚集在早期，而两个阶段不同，聚集在中级犯罪阶段。分析产生了针对犯罪的系统性特定见解，涉及从准备，狩猎到出售渔获物的偷猎程序方面和要求。阶段确定多个切入点，以应用预防技术并将匹配技术与不同类型的圈套偷猎者或偷猎者相匹配。尽管这项研究的重点是保护区，但本文采用的跨学科方法可能适用于其他保护环境。