Shoplifting

Tia Davis Cromwell P., Thurman Q. 2017. “The Devil Made Me Do It”: Use of Neutralizations by Shoplifters. In Their Own Words. Summary: Chapter 7 discusses about Shoplifters, neutralization theory, and basically the excuses of why people do it. The sample used in the study was a mixed population of 137 apprehended shoplifters, 48 men and 49 women. Nine techniques of neutralization are covered: 1) denial of responsibility (People believe they are victims of their environment); 2) denial of the…

The main cause of retail theft are employee theft and shoplifting. This paper focuses on employee theft in the retail industry in United States. Employee theft and shoplifting is a form of behavior that takes great contribution to retail theft or shortage. Every year, United States companies lose a lot money included inventory losses because of human error, dishonest employee, vendor fraud. Employee theft is a form of behavior that greatly contributes to retail shrinkage. Each year, U.S.…

Review Questions 1. What is deviance? Give one example of deviance. • Deviance is a violation of cultures norms. An example of this would be stealing or shoplifting. 2. What are the different types of crime? Define each type. • The three different types of crimes are crimes against person, which is when someone is involved in direct violence or threat of violence to another person like a murder, assault, robbery, and rape. Then the second crime is crimes against property, which is when someone…

would be the same as shoplifting. In the article “Cyber-Ethics: Pirates in the Classroom” the author Snyder states that “students must understand that copying or downloading copyright digital works without paying for them or without explicit permission from creator is stealing no different than going into a store and shoplifting a software program book or magazine from a shelf” ( Snyder ). When piracy is committed it is not only a crime but unethical just like shoplifting. Businesses…

White it discusses that racial profiling is necessary to keep a business successful. To support his claim he states that the retail industry loses about 31.3 billion each year and shoplifting represents one-third of that. Theft prevention is targeting certain ethnic groups assuming that they’re the epicenter of shoplifting. Everyone is different and no one should ever be racially profiled. Racial profiling…

The moral theory of utilitarianism is based on the idea that actions are considered “good” if they produce pleasure, and they are considered “not good” if they produce pain. The goal is to choose the actions that produce the most pleasure or happiness for the most people. This seems like it would obviously be preferred by everyone, but most people fail to realize that this type of “perfect” society would require them to make a lot of personal sacrifices for the good of the people as a whole. In…

police station. Somehow Beth figures a way out to prove the officer that she is not guilty. People change because there are certain circumstance that make the have to act differently. Beth changed the way she was when she started to get accused of shoplifting. Beth had to become protective of herself. Beth became more protective when Security Guard Groton asked her to remove the supposedly “shoplifted pants” then Beth responded no to Gorton's request. Beth was protected because she did not…

False Imprisonment can be defined as an action of any person that causes unlawful confinement of some other person. To constitute the tort of false imprisonment, certain factors such as apparent cause for imprisonment, information of the plaintiff for the tort, intention of the defendant during the time of causing imprisonment and time of confinement matters. False Imprisonment can be defined as an action of any person that causes unlawful confinement of some other person. To constitute the tort…

“The Good, Racist People,” Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses an event which resulted in Forest Whitaker being accused of shoplifting. What could possibly be a reason to assume Whitaker, a famous actor, had committed shoplifting? From Coates’ point of view, many others want to believe that this encounter was a misunderstanding that had nothing to do with race. Whitaker was accused of shoplifting and then was frisked, based only on his appearance. Coates then goes on to claim that the owner’s apology…

There are three major components for a criminal act to be punishable. First it must have a harmful effect on society, contain criminal intent (men’s rea), and actus rea. First, to determine when a criminal act can be punishable one must distinguish between mala in se and mala prohibita. Mala in se is dangerous act such as rape or murder, and mala prohibita are acts that are deemed illegal by statutory law. A society expects to be protected and safe in their nation, and when a crime is committed…