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Expanding surveillance in supermarkets may deter theft, but it does little to address the structural causes of food insecurity and rising grocery prices.
Rising theft is hitting retailers hard. But it’s worth considering what we’d miss if even toothpaste and instant coffee were locked up – as they have been overseas.
The past 300 years show us that shoplifting is a crime rooted in complex societal as well as economic issues. But who deserves our sympathy: the robbers or the robbed?
Rising food costs mean more people are turning to the black market to feed themselves – but this has consequences for business and consumers.
The Rotorua woman wrongly identified by a supermarket facial recognition system says ethnicity was a ‘huge factor’. Her case shows why human-centered design is needed to avoid misuse, bias and harm.
Is the cost of living really driving regular people to crime? And are those security tags on your steak the result of their misdemeanours?
Shoplifting has been hyped as a driver of chain-store closures, but did these companies ever really understand urban environments in the first place?
The food theft crisis is framed as a threat to paying customers. This furthers the divide between those who can still afford groceries and those who cannot.
Shoplifting in the UK has become brazen, threatening to shop staff, and seemingly without consequence.
Integrated offender management is a better way of dealing with shoplifters than prison.
To curb opportunistic shoplifting, supermarkets want you to know you are being watched. But they’re also hoping for self-reflection.
What kind of ‘swiper’ are you? A typology of people who steal from supermarkets at self-service checkouts.
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Professor of Criminology, City St George's, University of London
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Professor of Crime Science, University of Leeds
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Associate Professor, Supply Chain Analytics, University of Bradford
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Lecturer in Law, Cardiff University
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Assistant Professor in Indigenous Studies, University of Manitoba
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Professor of Technology Management and Circular Economy, Kingston University
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Professor of Law and Social Justice, Leeds Beckett University
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Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, Hunter College
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Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology
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Lecturer, School of Product Design, University of Canterbury
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Senior Lecturer in Modern British History, University of Manchester
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Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, MacEwan University
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Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology