Retailers are implementing technology-enabled mobile checkout processes in their stores to improve service quality, decrease labor costs and gain operational efficiency. These new checkout processes have increased customer convenience primarily by providing them autonomy in sales transactions in...

Ziel dieses Working Papers ist es, die Auswirkungen der aktuellen Krisenlage auf die Risiken von Handelsunternehmen, Opfer von Kriminalität zu werden, zu bewerten. Ausgehend von der Entwicklung der Ladendiebstähle der letzten Jahre und der von Unternehmen ergriffenen Maßnahmen wird...

Collection of civil shoplifting statutes by state. This collection contains the full text of each states' laws which provide merchants a civil remedy against individuals accused of shoplifting. These statutes operate independently from and in addition to the states' criminal sanctions for...

Introduction -- Criminology theory and crime prevention -- Retail theft and security -- Basic statistical analysis -- Graphical representation -- Inferential statistics and hypothesis testing -- Common statistical hypothesis tests -- Testing and deploying loss prevention programs -- Introduction...

1. An introduction to retail loss prevention -- 2. The root of the problem in retail business cultures : promises, promises -- 3. Exploring the psychology supporting the theft triangle : how and why does criminal behavior begin? -- 4. How it all ties together -- 5. External theft -- 6. Organized...

Historical criminology has described the underworld role of Fagin-an adult who forces, seduces or teaches minors to commit crimes for him. In contemporary debates, it is sometimes feared that adolescents cunningly evade criminal law by recruiting younger children to commit offences for them. The...