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    I am writing this essay as punishment for actions I did over this last summer. I was caught shoplifting from Walmart on Forest Drive. Not only was I caught shoplifting, but I was caught shoplifting the most embarrassing thing possible: candy. Ever since then, I have had a sour taste that no amount of sugar can fix. I learned an important lesson that day, and that would be that stealing (even from a major corporation) is bad and you lose more money than it is worth. South Carolina has two types…

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    Security Focus

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    employees and assets are immensely important as a retail store owner. As shoplifting is on the rise it is reasonable for you to consider effective theft prevention methods. Security Focus is delighted to propose a plan to help you equip your store effectively by learning what security technologies and techniques are superior in theft prevention, so that you can improve your store’s security status. Background and Goals Shoplifting is a major problem that occurs in retail stores throughout the…

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    discussed the case of shoplifting. For that case can be used many of criminological aspects that may help to understand crime but it have been decided that for shoplifting is suitable to use two perspectives, which are classical and positivist criminological aspects. Moreover, this piece of work will explain the nature of human behavior, social order; also, it will define the crime and explain the problems of crime. Shoplifting is a very common problem around the world. Shoplifting describes…

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    heavy crimes. Quickly, I was faced with the realization of the types of criminal activity the justice system is truly faced it. The majority of the individuals I dealt with through Justice Council were there for a shoplifting a charge. I was unaware of how prevalent of a crime shoplifting was until I began this volunteer work. Furthermore, the variety of backgrounds and life experiences that lead people to commit their offense. Justice Council is made up with members from the community that all…

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    In an attempt to stop crime, many criminologists have posed theories about why criminal commit unlawful acts. Strain theory, from the school of structuralism and a sociological approach to crime, attempts to explain why and how individuals stray from the law. Strain theory was founded by Robert Merton and began with his 1938 article “Social Structure and Anomie.” The article forever changed the way people viewed the “American Dream” and provided a possible explanation for deviant behavior.…

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    Fine And Probation

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    and probation was used for decreasing criminal behaviours. For further illustrate Skinner’s theoretical perspectives, female-shoplifting offenders will be used because most female offenders were found to be committed in property offenses such as shoplifting (Belknap, 2007). According to Skinner’s theoretical perspective, the more often females were caught to be shoplifting offenses and punished by criminal justice system, the more easily they would stop commit such crimes (Helfgott, 2013).…

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    ASPD Case Study

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    must occur repeatedly or in a pattern. Derek has deliberately destroyed others property: he vandalized school property and also attempted to break into a neighbor’s apartment. He has also consistently committed theft via shoplifting and was arrested for it, but confessed to shoplifting many other times before, and he also stole a car. Moreover he is also lies as his father says that Derek cannot be trusted because he of deceit. Also, I think that Derek meets the criteria for ASPD; to be…

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    Routine Activity Approach

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    theoretical framework (that most criminal acts are undertaken by motivated offenders against a target or potential victim), based the situational crime prevention techniques, one can interrupt the opportunities directly and indirectly for a crime (shoplifting/ store theft) to occur at this Starbucks location by increasing the efforts; increasing the risk; reducing rewards; reducing provocations, and removing excuses. The management in the Bloomingdale Starbucks location can increase the effort…

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    Kleptomania Research Paper

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    heard of someone suffering from this disorder. today, we are going to provide some information and important details pertaining to kleptomania. Many with this disorder believe that they don't have a problem, and think this is a simple case of shoplifting. According to the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental health disorders. Kleptomania is listed, as an IMPULSE-CONTROL DISORDER. Code 312.32, Failure to resist impulses to steal things. Usually, an underlying medical issue is present Should…

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    Every crime (including shoplifting/store theft) involves three main factors: a likely offender, a suitable target, and lack of a guardian. Using Clark’s five primary factors of his conception of opportunity, we can address the problems that the Starbucks (a retail coffee shop business), located at 11029 Causeway Boulevard, Riverview, FL 33578, could face by becoming a vulnerable establishment of shoplifting or store theft. The Starbucks coffee shop is located in…

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