tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post8547818881397839932..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: A New Definition for "Nighthawking" in Britain?Paul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-5099372014940764612015-12-30T13:43:28.228-08:002015-12-30T13:43:28.228-08:00It seems a challenge to find direct evidence to he...It seems a challenge to find direct evidence to help determine whether its increasing or decreasing. If there were a way to find out the number or prosecutions maybe we would see them increasing year over year for example, however, even that simple measure is flawed because a decrease in cases could simply be a lack of enforcement, or the perpetrators refining their techniques to avoid being caught, the priorities of local law enforcement, etc etc. <br /><br />Are incidences of this increasing? The indirect evidence make me suspect it is. Can we prove it? How? In the USA there are certainly statistics available on crime types, convictions etc. but it's all murder, drugs, DWIs... I'm sure, somewhere somehow there is information on the number of us citizens that get caught for this. We see news stories about it. But how many per year? Is the number going up? And is this due to increasing activity levels? Or increased enforcement? If it were decreasing, is it due to fewer people engaging in it, or is it lack of commitment of law enforcement because they have other priorities? Or is it a question of the criminals getting better at avoiding detection?<br /><br />Brian Curtisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10447566502495644288noreply@blogger.com