Shopping and Crime [electronic resource] /
Bamfield, J.author.
An interdisciplinary study of retail crime as a cultural phenomenon, drawing on economics, criminology and management to present a comprehensive explanation for the growth in retail thefts. This topical study explores crime prevention as a management issue, using criminomics, a concept based on commercial realities rather than maximising arrests.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Series Editorâ€?s Introduction""; ""1 Shopping and Crime""; ""2 Shopping and Offending""; ""3 Shopper and Shoplifter""; ""4 How Shoplifters Shop the Store""; ""5 The Crime of Theft: How Much Is Stolen?""; ""6 Theft by Employees""; ""7 The Politics of Retail Crime Prevention""; ""8 Sanctions against Retail Crime""; ""9 The Roles of Loss Prevention""; ""10 Managing Loss Prevention""; ""Conclusions""; ""Appendix""; ""References""; ""Index""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An interdisciplinary study of retail crime as a cultural phenomenon, drawing on economics, criminology and management to present a comprehensive explanation for the growth in retail thefts. This topical study explores crime prevention as a management issue, using criminomics, a concept based on commercial realities rather than maximising arrests.
Juvenile delinquents.
Crime—Sociological aspects.
Police.
Behavioral economics.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Criminology.
Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice.
Crime and Society.
Policing.
Behavioral/Experimental Economics.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.