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Today is one of the most common forms of theft in the United States. is now the number one cause for smaller stores to fail in today's market. The small stores are also the ones the usually carry the smaller items which are the easiest to receive the "five fing ....

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.... I think shoplifters try to justify it by saying they need it, but in reality it is only an item they want or that would make their life better. The other downside to , besides being immoral, is that is usually raises the prices on the item we buy weekly. For example if Joe walks into Jewel and walks off with a bottle of pop, and he does this more that once, the price of a bottle of pop ill rise because of one immoral person. This is sometimes the over looked portion of . People will complain on the prices of many products going up, but then they will somehow shoplift. Lets say that Bob walks in to a fruit stand and tastes a few grapes. Then he ....