Criminal threats to the national heritage – an analysis of the events of 2015 Cover Image

Zagrożenie dziedzictwa kulturowego przestępczością – analiza wydarzeń z 2015 roku
Criminal threats to the national heritage – an analysis of the events of 2015

Author(s): Olgierd Jakubowski
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Museology & Heritage Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: crime; national heritage; robbery; theft; damage

Summary/Abstract: There are a variety of methods that may be used in the analysis of crimes against cultural heritage, which allow us to determine the level of risk. A case study covering all the instances of crime against cultural goods during a year allows us to note tendencies present in the behaviour of criminals and helps to develop methods of counteracting similar crimes in the future. Based on the results of a number of such case studies it is then possible to assess the risk of a crime against national heritage in a much more complementary manner and to minimise its occurrence. The article aims to initiate cyclical articles to be published on an annual basis, in which crimes against national heritage will be presented regularly. It also includes a selection of issues which in the author’s opinion may provide additional material for assessing the risk level for the occurrence of crimes against national heritage. Different types of crimes against national heritage such as theft, robbery and damage of valuable cultural objects are briefly described.

  • Issue Year: 2/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 241-258
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish