Art crime and preventive measures for museums, churches and sacred objects

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Purpose:The purpose of the paper is to present art crime and preventive measures that reduce crime involving art in museums, churches and sacred objects.Methods:Art crime and preventive measures are analysed by applying a descriptive method and literature review. Statistical data are considered to present the scale of art crime in Europe.Findings:Art crime has been present in society for millennia. Statistics show art thefts from private buildings, galleries, churches and sacred objects prevail. Thefts from museums attract the greatest media attention. The perpetrators are usually unaware of the value of the stolen art. The biggest difficulty is the hidden nature of crime involving art because many cases go unreported, especially when occurring in museums. The reason is that it affects the reputation of museums. In particular, they do not the public to know they have weak preventive measures. Safeguarding art works in museums and churches as well as sacred objects is a very demanding and responsible task. Artworks need to be kept simultaneously safe and accessible to visitors. A combination of security measures is essential; physical and technical protection as well as forensic marking. In the future, greater attention should be paid to raising public awareness of the value of artworks for society.Originality/Value:The paper describes the preventive measures that should be applied to reduce and prevent art crime in museums and churches and concerning sacred objects. The owners of museums, security services and archival institutions can use the proposed measures to minimise such art crime.

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2018
Typology:	1.02 - Review Article
Organization:	UM FVV - Faculty of Criminal Justice
UDC:	343.3/.7:7
COBISS:	3582954
ISSN:	1580-0253
Parent publication:	Varstvoslovje
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary title:	Preventivni ukrepi na področju kriminalitete zoper umetnine v muzejih, cerkvah in sakralnih objektih
Secondary abstract:	Namen prispevka:Namen prispevka je predstaviti kriminaliteto zoper umetnine in preventivne ukrepe, ki pripomorejo k zmanjševanju kaznivih dejanj zoper umetnine v muzejih, cerkvah in sakralnih objektih.Metode:Za pripravo prispevka smo uporabili deskriptivno metodo in metodo analize dokumentov. Z analizo statističnih podatkov smo predstavili kako številčna je kriminaliteta zoper umetnine v Evropi.Ugotovitve:Kriminaliteta zoper umetnine je v družbi prisotna že tisočletja. Statistični podatki kažejo, da prevladujejo tatvine umetnin iz zasebnih objektov, galerij, cerkva in sakralnih objektov. Medijsko najbolj izpostavljeni so primeri tatvin iz muzejev. Storilci se običajno ne zavedajo vrednosti umetnine, ki so si jo protipravno prilastili. Po mnenju strokovnjakov je veliko kaznivih dejanj zoper umetnine, predvsem tistih, ki so storjena v muzejih, neprijavljenih. Razlog je v tem, da si muzeji ne želijo slabe reklame, hkrati pa ne želijo javnosti pokazati, da imajo slabe zaščitne ukrepe. Varovanje umetnin v muzejih, cerkvah in sakralnih objektih je zelo zahtevna in odgovorna naloga, saj je potrebno umetnine hraniti varno, hkrati pa morajo biti dostopne obiskovalcem. Nujno je potrebna kombinacija varnostnih ukrepov; fizičnega in tehničnega varovanja ter forenzičnega označevanja. V prihodnje je treba veliko pozornosti nameniti tudi ozaveščanju prebivalstva o pomenu umetnin za družbo.Izvirnost/pomembnost prispevka:Prispevek predstavi preventivne ukrepe katere je potrebno uporabiti, da bi zmanjšali in preprečili izvedbo kaznivih dejanj zoper umetnine v muzejih, cerkvah in sakralnih objektih. Podatki bodo v pomoč lastnikom muzejev, varnostnim službam in nadškofijam, da bi s predlaganimi ukrepi zmanjšali kriminaliteto zoper umetnine.
Secondary keywords:	kriminaliteta zoper umetnine;preprečevanje;muzeji;cerkve;sakralni objekti;
Type (COBISS):	Scientific work
Pages:	str. 202-217
Volume:	ǂLetn. ǂ20
Issue:	ǂšt. ǂ2
Chronology:	2018
ID:	11543994