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Time Crime

The Transnational Organization of Art and Antiquities Theft

Virginia Commonwealth University, College of William and Mary

David G. Bromley

Virginia Commonwealth University

Robert D. Hicks

Independent Scholar

John S. Mahoney

Virginia Commonwealth University

The looting of art and antiquities is an ancient practice. However, recent decades have witnessed such a dramatic increase in the magnitude and impact of "time crime" that it is now one of the larger transnational markets in illegal goods. The authors argue that this market can be understood as consisting of three elements: a supply component, primarily in impoverished nations; a demand component, primarily in wealthy Western nations; and a social control component, which permits transfer of goods from the illicit to the licit economy. Changes in each of these three components are responsible for the exponential increase in the size and scope of the market. The authors examine those changes and the roles through which the three components of the market are organized.

Key Words: transnational • crime • art • antiquities • illicit • market

This version was published on August 1, 2008

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, Vol. 24, No. 3, 243-262 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1043986208318219


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