Shoplifting has become a huge problem in the past several years. It’s not just that people do it, it's that people think that they can get away with it. For our project, we decided to find out just how much of an issue it has become in retail today. We hypothesized that a great deal of people shoplift, but the majority of them do not get caught or convicted of the crime. Our group decided to use two methods to help prove our hypothesis. For the first part, we went to the mall and asked retail employees a series of questions on the matter. The second part consisted of an anonymous survey that we passed out to students at the school. With these surveys we hope to prove to our hypothesis of the vast majority of shoplifters not getting caught.
