Practical Challenges and New Research Frontiers in Retail Crime and Its Prevention / Vania Ceccato and Rachel Armitage. International Trends in Retail Crime and Prevention Practices / Joshua Bamfield -- Can We Ever Know Which Objects Thieves Most Desire? Lessons from Studying Shoplifted Fast-Moving Consumer Goods / Brian T. Smith and Ron V. Clarke -- Who Steals from Shops, and Why? A Case Study of Prolific Shop Theft Offenders / James Hunter, Laura Garius, Paul Hamilton, and Azrini Wahidin -- COPS and Robbers: Customer Operated Payment Systems, Self-Service Checkout and the Impact on Retail Crime / Emmeline Taylor -- Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) and Retail Crime: Exploring Offender Perspectives on Risk and Protective Factors in the Design and Layout of Retail Environments / Rachel Armitage, Chris Joyce, and Leanne Monchuk -- Shoplifting in Small Stores: A Qualitative Case Study in Perth, Western Australia / Paul Cozens -- Crime in a Scandinavian Shopping Centre / Vania Ceccato, Orjan Falk, Pouriya Parsanezhad, and Vaino Tarandi -- Perceived Safety in a Shopping Centre: A Swedish Case Study / Vania Ceccato and Sanda Tcacencu -- Shopping Crime at Place: The Case of Tel Aviv-Yafo / David Weisburd, Shai Amram, and Maor Shay -- Crime at the Intersection of Rail and Retail / Andrew Newton -- Crime Against Trading: The Case of Cargo Theft in Sao Paulo / Marcelo Justus, Vania Ceccato, Gustavo C. Moreira, and Tulio Kahn -- Theft of Medicines from Hospitals as Organised Retail Crime: The Italian Case / Ernesto U. Savona, Marco Dugato, and Michele Riccardi -- The Challenges to Preventing Losses in Retailing: Views from Retail Loss Prevention Managers and Directors / Martin Gill -- Towards a Theory of Tagging in Retail Environments / Aiden Sidebottom and Nick Tilley -- Practical Challenges and New Research Frontiers in Retail Crime and Its Prevention / Vania Ceccato and Rachel Armitage.
Summary:
"This edited collection provides an original and comprehensive take on retail crime and its prevention, by combining international data and multidisciplinary perspectives from criminologists, economists, geographers, police officers and other experts. Drawing on environmental criminology theory and situational crime prevention, it focusses on crime and safety in retail environments but also the interplay between individuals, products and settings such as stores, commercial streets and shopping malls, as well as the wider context of situational conditions of the supply chain in which crime occurs. Chapters offer state-of-the-art research on retail crime from a range of countries such as Australia, Brazil, Israel, Italy, Sweden, the UK and the USA. This methodological and well-researched study is devoted to both academics and practitioners from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds whose common interest is to prevent retail crime and overall retail loss"--Back cover.
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