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Issue: Shoplifting (Locations where Shoplifting Occurs (Coles, Woolworths,…
Issue: Shoplifting
Locations where Shoplifting Occurs
Coles
Woolworths
Target
Foodland
Big W
Myer Centre
Rebel
Rundle Mall
Lovisa
Things that are closer to the door are stolen more often as there is easy access to an exit for shoplifters to escape through.
Inquiries
Shopkeepers
Teenagers
People online
Employees
Manager
Customers
Background Information
Shoplifting has caused $3.37 billion dollar loss in the 2017-18 financial year
What methods are already instilled to reduce shoplifting?
What items are often shoplifted?
What are some factors which make people shoplift?
Peer pressure
Desperation
Poverty
Anonymity
Lack of employees present in the store
Disadvantages of Prevention Techniques
Security footage may identify the thieves, but the thieves may have changed their living location by then.
Security Guards may apprehend thieves but some thieves are athletic so they could escape quite quickly from the scene of a crime.
Current Methods of Prevention
How is it currently being managed?
What are the punishments for this currently?
What are some programs instilled to reduce shoplifting habits
?
Security cameras are added throughout the store.
Security Systems?
Security camera footage
Security guards
Tags that activate alarm system
Does Australia implicate laws to reduce shoplifting?
Australian shoplifters are prosecuted in accordance to section 117 of Crime Act 1900 - this is the criminal offence of Larceny. People who recieve a penalty for Larceny gain 10 years of imprisonment, however with goods under $2000, the maximum penalty is 2 years.