Shoplifting

In, “On Not Shoplifting Louise Bogan’s The Blue Estuaries,” Julia Alvarez writes a poem in which the speaker’s hobby of examining poetic books in a bookstore is included. When describing the speaker’s observations and inspired feelings about a specific poem, multiple poetic devices are used to convey the speaker’s complex situation. In, “On Not Shoplifting Louise Bogan’s The Blue Estuaries,” Julia Alvarez uses tone and imagery to present the speaker’s complex discoveries of a originality and a…

Property crime is the next category of general crime that includes among other crimes burglary (into shop, house or flat, also called breaking and entering and sometimes housebreaking), theft, larceny, shoplifting, pickpocketing, fraud, forgery, embezzlement, receiving stolen property, motor vehicle theft and unauthorized use of a vehicle. The term theft is sometimes used synonymously with larceny. Theft, however, is actually a broader term, encompassing many forms of deceitful taking of…

Routine Activity: Theft at the Supermarket Anyone is capable of committing a crime because as long as there is a temptation, there is a potential for crime. According to the Routine Activity Theory, three elements are needed in order for a crime to take place: a target, a potential offender and the absence of guardians. Apart from that, this theory proposes that by changing the environment, crime can be reduced. Five techniques available to prevent crime are increasing the effort, increasing…

What is Gender Gap in Offender Sentencing? Disparity in gender offender sentencing revolves around female defendants irrespective of backgrounds reciving less sever sentences as compared to male defendants in the same category of offence as well as having similar backgrounds. The disparities also touch in the disagreements on whether women are actually favoured as compared to men in offender sentencing. Therefore, gender gaps in offender sentencing can be explained by the pervasiveness found in…

Todd Chrisley seems to be able to stay out of the headlines for negative news, but with his family, that is another story. Now news is out that Todd's brother Randy Chrisley was arrested for shoplifting at a Dollar General. Radar Online shared the news that Todd's brother was arrested for shoplifting $22 worth of candy from a South Carolina Dollar General on October 30. The City of Westminster incident report obtained by Radar shared some of the details about what happened with Randy Chrisley.…

Cannon Jr. for The Washington Post is an opinion piece that challenges the idea that all law-breaking offenders including those that commit nonviolent offences are deserving of jail time. The piece begins with the example of a young mother reported shoplifting groceries by store officials at a Walmart store in Charleston, South Carolina. This example of a nonviolent offence is a moral issue that our author, who is also a sheriff of Charleston County has encountered several times before. He then…

“Charlie” Ng was born on December 24, 1960 in Hong Kong, China. In his early life, he was brutally abused by his father. He came from a wealthy family, but was described as a disturbed teenager. His first criminal offence was when he was arrested for shoplifting. This happened when he was fifteen and his father sent him to boarding school but, he was sent back to Hong Kong because he was caught stealing. When he was eighteen, he moved to America to attend Notre Dame de Namur University in…

Ms. Delgaldo was on time for her first session. Ms. Delgaldo appeared to be nervous, but very well-mannered. As the session progressed, she relaxed. Ms. Delgaldo stated that she was arrested for shoplifting at Kohls. Ms. Delgaldo stated that she stole makeup from the store. Ms. Delgaldo stated that she felt guilty about what she did. The goal of this first session was for the clinician to establish a rapport with the client. Ms. Delgaldo stated that she did feel good about what she did. Ms.…

Two days later, Sampson got arrested for shoplifting, however it was an accident. His friend, Eddie informed him that he was establishing his own business, and he needed workers so Eddie offered Sampson a job. His first job was to transfer the equipment, so Eddie instructed Sampson to enter the store and transport the carpet-cleaning machine. Sampson didn’t realize the machine was stolen, so he did as Eddie instructed and was soon arrested for shoplifting. When he arrived at…

On the surface, gangs are caused by greed and peer pressure. After all, everyone loves to earn money and the way gangs earns there is by extortion, drugs, robbery, and even prostitution. Everybody loves to feel a sense of security as well. This is especially true in such dangerous areas like the ghettos of the inner city. Gangs, without a doubt, provide protection from other gangs as well. As long as gangs provide protection and monetary rewards and a sense of belonging not found at home they…