The study of crime and criminality in the art market has received increasing attention within
criminology, however little has been written on the criminogenic values built into the …

Fight against illegal antiquities trade has predominantly taken a reactive stance. This study
operates with novel quantitative and qualitative data obtained through a survey and …

The impetus for this study was a review of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) 86th
Annual Meeting program in 2021. Finding that no single poster or presentation referenced …

Crime groups are drawn to stealing heritage and cultural property because the thefts can be
less dangerous than other illicit activities and there can be a lower chance of detection. In …

Far-right politicians in Brazil are attacking and censoring cultural heritage and enacting
policies that go far beyond cultural heritage. These politicians are also dismantling the …

The growing international academic and political discussions of the past five years have
further stressed the urgency of finding strategies to address colonial legacies in cultural …

Why did site protection and conservation become the natural purview of uniformed police or
military? What forms of art policing are warranted today? What are the effects of this authority …

The 1970 UNESCO Convention is the key international instrument to protect movable
cultural heritage. States Parties to this treaty undertake to adopt measures to prohibit and …

There is minimal use of police data in research into art crime and heritage crime, despite the
existence of specialised art crime databases within national and international police …

Despite the increase of specialised law enforcement and commercial art crime databases
concerning the registration of luxury products, it remains an often-overlooked category in art …