The Sociology of Shoplifting: Boosters and Snitches Today
In this absorbing study, Lloyd Klemke provides an up-to-date review and analysis of the sociological research and theoretical work on shoplifting. The analysis is structured by the three questions which dominate the sociology of deviance literature: (1) Who shoplifts and how do they do it? (the descriptive question); (2) why do they shoplift? (the etiological question); and (3) how do store personnel and the legal system deal with shoplifters? (the prevention/deterrence/labeling question)....
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Klemke provides an up-to-date review and analysis of the research and theoretical work on shoplifting. The analysis is structured by the three questions which dominate the sociology of deviance literature: (1) Who shoplifts and how do they do it? (2) Why do they shoplift? and (3) How do store personnel and the legal system deal with shoplifters?
TablesSeries ForewordAcknowledgments1An Introduction to the Study of Shoplifting12Of Shoplifters and Shoplifting15Conclusions3Faces in the Crowd: Who Shoplifts?334Typologies of Shoplifters and Shoplifting675Psychiatric/Psychological and Sociological Theories of Shoplifting81Conclusion6Detecting and Preventing Shoplifting1157Overview137References139Subject Index153Name Index155
