Crime and Art

This volume brings together work by authors who draw upon sociological and criminological methods, theory, and frameworks, to produce research that pushes boundaries, considers new questions, and reshape the existing understanding of "art crimes", with a strong emphasis on methodological innovation and novel theory application. Criminologists and sociologists are poorly represented in academic discourse on art and culture related crimes. However, to understand topics like theft, security, trafficking, forgery, vandalism, offender motivation, the efficacy of and results of policy interventions, and the effects art crimes have on communities, we must develop the theoretical and methodological models we use for analyses. The readership of this book is expected to include academics, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of criminology, sociology, law, and heritage studies who have an interest in art and heritage crime.

Introduction. - Part I: Methods. - Transiting Through the Antiquities Market. - Exploring Taste Formation and Performance in the Illicit Trade of Human Remains on Instagram. - #antiquitiesdealers. - Evaluating the transformative potential of Photovoice for research into the global illicit trade in cultural objects. - A New Method of Forensic Archaeology. - Part II: Theory. - Cuneiform exceptionalism? . - Crime, Material and Meaning in Art World Desirescapes. - Authentically Exotic and Authentically Beautiful. - Blitzkrieg Against Black Magic . - Art Crime and the Myth of Violence. - Part III: Data Applications. - Small Museums, Big Problems. - Guardians in the Antiquities Market. - More Than Just Money. - Offender Motivations and Expectations of Data in Antiquities Looting. - One Flew over the Cuckoo s Clock.