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Historic England is the UK government’s statutory advisor on the historic environment of England and provides expert advice about all matters relating to the historic environment and its conservation as set out in the National Heritage Act 1983.
The problem of crime and anti-social behaviour relating to historic buildings, archaeological sites (both maritime and terrestrial) and cultural property is not a modern phenomenon; however, what is new is the sheer scale and extent of the criminality.
The authors review the development of the recognition and response to heritage crime in England and present two case studies looking at the framework for the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage in England and how this applies to protected wreck site management and heritage crime.
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From March 2015, certain statutory and advisory functions of English Heritage will be transferred to a new body: Historic England.
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‘Underwater cultural heritage’ is now the internationally accepted phrase used to refer to historical and archaeological material in the marine zone. In general usage, it has no specific temporal limit (Dromgoole 2013, p. 94).
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Harrison, M., Dunkley, M., James, A. (2019). The Development of the Heritage Crime Programme in England. In: Hufnagel, S., Chappell, D. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook on Art Crime. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54405-6_32
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