{
  "id": 8273258,
  "title": "The art heist paradox: Why better police work can lead to more stolen masterpieces",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/the-art-heist-paradox-why-better-police-work-can-lead-to-more-stolen",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-18T16:00:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-art-heist-paradox-police-stolen.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "When a multimillion-dollar masterpiece vanishes from a museum, the public calls for tougher criminal penalties and better-funded police task forces. But research from Wake Forest University suggests that some of these intuitive solutions can backfire, resulting in more art crime, not less.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}