IHBC members and other heritage professionals are being asked by Mark Harrison, National Policing and Crime Advisor for English Heritage, to help develop research into detecting crimes committed against heritage by completing a short online survey.
The research is being carried out by Loughborough University, as Richard Wilson, PhD researcher there, aims to link his skills as a chemist to develop new and exciting methods of crime prevention and detection, with a specific focus on those crimes committed against heritage sites, buildings and cultural property.
Richard is currently developing a new non-invasive method to detect offences of metal theft, in particular, lead, copper, and metals containing copper such as bronze. There is potential for this research to expand to incorporate the challenge of improving detection and prevention of other types of heritage and cultural property crimes.
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