Review: a must read for everyone
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 1, 2014
We all know that stealing is a crime but we never go in deep when a kid or teen is shoplifting from a store. For example when a child picks up a piece of bread from a store, we say he was hungry. What option did he have? We try to reason with the crime, seeing that it was just a piece of bread. But when the same child picks up a valuable object like money or clothes we think he is an offender.Ms. Judy Whalen tried to show the world through her book, whatever the price may be, anything and everything thing picked up is a crime. When we leave a small crime like picking up a piece of bread it can turn into anything.She tried to reason with the readers through an example of how she faced a problem when her daughter was caught shoplifting on a dare. Through this, she gave an excellent example how kids and teens doesn't understand the magnitude of the crime.To make the readers see the magnitude of the crime she gives the supporting facts and laws which consider them as crime. She tries to explain what is shoplifting and who actually shoplifts.In this entire book Ms. Whalen tried to show the readers an insight why basically shoplift happens and shows the reader the reason why they shoplifts. She tries to show the readers how they can identify whether their child is shoplifting or not.She also gives some methods to cure the problem, if your child is already shoplifting. In the end she tries to tell the society how to take preventive measures to ensure that no further child turns into a shoplifter.I will say we should all go through this book once, whether we are facing such a problem or not. Maybe you are not facing such problem, but you can definitely help others. It is a great guide to help the shoplifters.