Shoplifting

Shoplifting is something i am not proud to say i have done. Although i havent nicked anything since around the age of 12/13 its still something i look back on now thinking WHAT THE HELL WAS I DOING?! A pretty immature thing really. Being at the age of 12/13 you arent really aware of the consequences something like stealing might have...ok it was only the odd thing like sweets, food etc but still whatever your stealing is coming out of someone elses pocket at the end of the day. Luckily for me i never got caught, maybe i should have done to teach me a lesson? But with age i soon learnt the lesson that what i did was wrong and since then i havent stolen anything again.

Although there are some people that still find it necessary to steal...and still continue to steal throughout there lifes, some people even find that they are addicted to shoplifting. A study shows that out of a certain amount of people questioned, 2% said they had shoplifted by accident and had returned the goods, 6% said they had taken something by accident but had not returned it, and 1% admitted to deliberate shoplifting, equating to about 700,000 people a year. Each took an average of £105 of goods, according to the survey commissioned by Group 4 Securicor. Supermarkets are regarded as the easiest place for shoplifting by 21% of people, followed by garden and DIY centres. But what do they take? Top of the list are razor blades, according to the research. Followed by cosmetics, alcohol, toiletries, lingerie, CDs and DVDs.


And just for entertainment purposes check out this lady stealing a VCR by putting it up her dress:



You can see more statistics on stealing by visiting http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4477596.stm