There is a retail theft committed every five seconds in this country. No store is immune. Faced with such unreasonable selling volumes most small business people are forced instead to raise their prices and lower their ability to compete. This Aid contains practical advise on how to spot, deter, apprehend. and prosecute shoplifters. Or like me.
Shoplifters can be male or female.
Anyone who deliberately takes merchandise from a store without paying for it is a shoplifter, whether the theft is large or small, premeditated or impulsive. Fortunately for business people, most shoplifters are amateurs rather than professionals. To the wary eye, they are not difficult to spot and, with the right kind of handling, they may never try petty thievery again. Here are the various types of shoplifters. Youngsters account for about 50 percent of all shoplifting.