Tuesday 31 March 2009

Shoplifting


Shoplifting

Why do people who can afford to buy things shoplift them instead? Maybe it is caused by the fact that many people who are well-off are simply bored with their life and therefore they look for an adventure. On the other hand there is also a number of poor people who shoplift food and other things to be able to survive.

Another case is an organised group of professional shoplifters (also known as “boosters”) who steal purposely and the costs caused by them (being bigger than in other cases) may result in price increases. Apart from that, there are also cases of employee burglary which negatively contribute to the whole problem and make it untransparent. Thus it is very difficult to create a thorough picture of the situation.
Hopefully the modern security technologies will help to solve the problem.

More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoplifting
http://www.crimedoctor.com/shoplifting.htm

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