Shoplifting .

Shoplifting is a crime that the nation has nicknamed the “silent crime”. Parents do not want to believe that their children are engaging in this activity. Schools do not address the problem frequently. Police also responds to it slowly. The offenders justify it as saying it is no big deal. Though it may seem so small, it is an extremely big problem in this country. Shoplifting has become a prevalent crime in the United States. There are about 550,000 incidents recorded a day. That is not even counting the ones who were let off with warnings, or that did not get caught. That is about a net average of about 13 billion dollars per year. That is about 35 million dollars stolen from stores and companies a day. It is estimated that about 1 out of 11 Americans shoplift. Though technology has advanced so much, along with security procedures, shoplifters are only caught 1 in 49 times of the time they steal. They are turned over to police only half of the time.
What makes catching shoplifters so difficult is that most suspects are considered law abiding citizens. They look no different or act no different as any other person that walks around in a store on an everyday basis. It is human nature for someone to want to get something for nothing. People tend to feel a rush knowing that they did something wrong and have even a fraction of a chance to get away with it. More than 10 million people have been caught stealing from stores in the past 5 years. That says a lot about the values of the generation coming into the world. We have gotten lazy and considerably ignorant over the years. Unfortunately, my generation does not know now it feels to accomplish anything by working hard. Shoplifting became a big problem first in the retail industry. This makes a lot of sense. Nice clothes, shoes, things to make people look at you and think that you are important. People don’t realize what happens when they steal. The companies have major losses because of shoplifters. Company