Only a few jurisdictions in the U.S. have dedicated art crime investigators or prosecutors. Why do you think this is true? Do you think it is because there are more important criminal justice issues; because authorities do not understand the importance of art theft; because authorities recognize that we do not fully understand how to combat art theft; because of a lack of personnel trained in art crime; or some other reason?

Questions: (1) Choose a U.S. state or city and imagine that you are writing a message to the authorities there, arguing for them to dedicate more resources to art crime.

(2) Explain in detail what some of the benefits of dedicating these resources will be (for example, you could think about the benefits to specific people in the local community or the international community, and you should describe the importance of protecting the specific art or cultural heritage of the location you've chosen).

(3) Acknowledge at least one reason why this jurisdiction has not yet dedicated these resources, but make a counterargument - why shouldn't this reason stand in the way of paying more attention to art crime?

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