How Accurate are Stereotypical Crime Movies?

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Criminal masterminds are often overthought by stereotypical movies. We all love our hi-tech exclusive gadgets, and we love our laser-dodging art thefts, but do these things really happen? The public often likes to think they do, because it is an overwhelming experience to be engaged in such a movie. The real “pros”(Dolnick, 14) will still go for the easy way. Which raises a question; Criminal masterminds exists, but do they actually enjoy the risk of theft, and disobeying the common law? To dive into such a question, we can’t just consider art theft. We have to look in all types of criminality and the difference from a stereotypical fiction and a dead on non-fiction.
Art theft, the most stereotypical theft that is looked upon. People think that it’s a joke or something for the movies, it is ignored. “The international police agency reckons that the amount of money changing hands in the art underworld comes to between 4$ billion and 9$ billion.”(Dolnick 11) Edward Dolnick, writer of The Rescue Artist, believes that this ignorance is more than just ridiculous. He proves that this do...

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