Stealing History Art Theft Looting and Other Crimes Against Our Cultural Heritage

Colleen Margaret Clarke, PhD, is a professor and former director of the Law Enforcement Program at Minnesota State University, Mankato. She contributed to Encyclopedia of Street Crime in America (Sage, 2013) and The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Wiley, 2013). And has written many articles on law enforcement and policing, in such publications as National Social Science Journal, International Journal of Police Strategies & Management and Law Enforcement Executive FORUM. She was formerly a police officer with the Thunder Bay Police Department before transferring to the business and ventures division, and then to her current career of teaching law enforcement and criminal justice. Eli J. Szydlo received his background in law enforcement from his undergraduate studies at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and from over three years of volunteering as a reserve sergeant for the Northfield Police Department. He developed a background in the arts, from three semesters at the Kansas City Art Institute, prior to completing his degree at Minnesota State University, Mankato; and first encountered the field of art crimes at the Perpich Center for Arts Education, a Minnesota Arts education high school.