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Stand Up 4 Your Rights Under Arrest Disability - Access All Areas I Don't Need This Abuse In Confidence Environmental Concerns Race Faith Employment Rights Right To Be Heard Are You Old Enough? Guide to Street Awareness Victim of Crime Shoplifting People shoplift for many reasons, a few of these reasons are: 1. The greatest number of shoplifters are amateurs and are probably in their early twenties or youth's. This may be because they have little money or luxuries of their own. They also may be tempted by what they see in the shops or on the street. 2. There are also shoplifters which are known as professionals who make their living by shoplifting, often to customer's specification. They cost stores to lose out on a lot of stock and income. 3. There are a few shoplifters who steal because of mental health problems like kleptomania, which is a neurotic impluse to take things. 4. People who steal to order, which is a way of getting money or drugs by shoplifting for people. People think that they will never get caught and that's what I thought until it happened to me. There are many consequences that happen when you get caught, some of the short term consequences are:   You get put in a cell.   Get in trouble with the police and your parents.   You may get a Youth Offending Team referral order for a set period of time. There are also long term consequences, a few of these are:   You get a criminal record.   You could end up going into custody.   You could end up going to prison.   You make a bad name for yourself which is hard to loose. People often consider that shoplifting is a victimless crime but it isn't. In fact shoplifting has lots of victims. The general public generally have to pay prices that can go up as much as 10% to cover for the losses. The many victims of shoplifting are:   Your own family if you are a shoplifter.   The store.   The store owners and their families.   Workers at the store.   Yourself.   The general public. Some of the effects on the stores are:   The inconvenience.   Time consuming for store owners.   Loss of stock.   Intimidation. These effects can also effect the way the store feels about youth's. Return to top of page Make text larger Make text smaller Text Only Display Disclaimer