~ TCS ~ The Celebrity Shoplifter

~ ST-ACP-ASE ~ Shoplifting Today – A Cultural Phenomenon – A Silent Epidemic

~ WFST-IIADTSOAOSOA ~ Whatever Form Shoplifting Takes – It Is As Difficult To Stamp Out As Oil Spills Or Alcoholism

~ JAECAOWPS-TCAOHTSI ~ Just As Experts Can’t Agree On Why People Shoplift – They Can’t Agree On How To Stop It

~ AMSTS ~ Americans Must Shoplift To Survive

~ ATFPBWBOT ~ Among The First Printed Books Were Biographies Of Thieves

~ ‘FFD’ ~ “Five-Finger Discount”

~ RH2.0 ~ Robin Hoods 2.0

~ ‘ES’ ~ “Ethical Shoplifting”

~ BSITOTOSAWEBHBW ~ Book Shoplifting Is The Only Type Of Shoplifting About Which Entire Books Have Been Written

~ DDNMPS-O10%O-‘TO’-A-DA ~ Drugs Do Not Make People Shoplift – Only 10 Percent Of – “Theft Offenders” – Are – Drug Addicts

~ RSBFI-APOWGLS ~ Rich Shoplifters Became Fashion Icons – And Poor Ones Were Given Life Sentences

~ SCLTTSHM ~ Shoplifting Came Late To The Self-Help Movement

~ LPA ~ Loss Prevention Agent

~ APA ~ Assets Protection Agent

~ VSCHCSLTTRIH ~ Video Surveillance Cameras Have Curbed Shoplifting Less Than The Retail Industry Hoped

~ ‘AH’ ~ “Aggressive Hospitality”

~ ‘SIAHHIBIIAV-AEOSOOC-AW’ ~ “Shoplifting Is A Hush-Hush Issue Because It Is A Violation – An Evidence Of Something Out Of Control – A Weakness”

~ USPTPSSA-YSITSTOS-PITDS ~ Using Shame Punishment To Police Shoplifting Seems Archaic – Yet Shame Is The Secret Terror Of Shoplifters – Publicity Is Their Death Penalty

~ TINSRFSR-IOW-WGACAE-WSAEIAS-AWRLRHAA-TCWCTG ~ There Is No Single Reason For Shoplifting’s Rise – In Our World – Where Greed And Consumerism Are Encouraged – Where Social And Economic Inequality Are Swelling – And Where Rogues Like Robin Hood Are Admired – The Crime Will Continue To Grow