This handbook showcases studies on art theft, fraud and forgeries, cultural heritage offences and related legal and ethical challenges. It has been authored by

This handbook showcases studies on art theft, fraud and forgeries, cultural heritage offences and related legal and ethical challenges. It has been authored by

This is the only book by a criminologist to look at the full range of crime involving works of art: forgery, fraud, theft, smuggling, and vandalism. It is up to

Since the Second World War, art crime has shifted from a relatively innocuous, often ideological crime, into a major international problem, considered by some t

This handbook brings together the most current and hotly debated topics in studies about images today. In the first part, the book gives readers an historical o