There are a diverse number of reasons why people shoplift. They may be homeless, starving and in extreme circumstances then maybe stealing food etc is the only way. But then it is still breaking the law, and if they are so desparate they need to shoplift thier food to survive then i think they need to get a job. If the culprit is stealing from someone or their house, then this is to me wrong as it can cause so much distress to those victims.
There are other reasons people shoplift one of these is peer pressure, where children are often unaware of the crime they are committing and do so to look ‘cool’. Another reason is that people get a buzz including it must seem the OAP’s from the article http://www.expressandstar.com/2007/03/13/scottish-oaps-stealing-in-shops/
There are other reasons people shoplift one of these is peer pressure, where children are often unaware of the crime they are committing and do so to look ‘cool’. Another reason is that people get a buzz including it must seem the OAP’s from the article http://www.expressandstar.com/2007/03/13/scottish-oaps-stealing-in-shops/
The other article I found is a good read about middle-class people who shoplift. And I could relate to their actions, that the reason they do so is becasue large retail stores over price things and rip people off, and with so many rules in life - doing this makes them ‘excited about bending the rules’.
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I agree with what you say that people shoplift for a number of reasons. To some extent people shoplift for good reasons, but shoplifting is taking something that is not yours and surely that is not right?? Reasons such as being homeless and starving are still not good enough reasons to shoplift. It is still breaking the law because what you are taking is someone else's.
You can relate to people's actions to why they shoplift but surely it is not right to take something that not yours because someone has worked really hard to get that, so why should it be taken away from them, when they have done the right thing.
However some people are selfish because they shoplift for reason such as funding habits such as drugs which is bad and they are shoplifting for fun but is it???
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