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hattmalltoday at 3:13 AM2 repliesview on HN

Sort of, but there's a difference, the rise in anti-shoplifting stuff is in contrast to a decline in things like burglar bars. Stealing from residential property is seen as mostly the domain of drug addicts. Stealing from a multi-national corporation doesn't have the same stigma.


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wallst07today at 11:15 AM

High property rights, low crime rates are [among others] is textbook definition of high trust societies. It doesn't matter whom it's from.

nradovtoday at 4:20 AM

It's not a matter of stigma, it's a matter of lax enforcement. The majority of shoplifting is done by organized criminal gangs. They'll do it if they can escape without serious punishment, regardless of any stigma.

https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/shoplifting-gangs-have-pla...