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trinsic2last Thursday at 6:31 AM1 replyview on HN

I havent been seeing any stores prosecute theft in a long time.


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defrostlast Thursday at 6:46 AM

How many stores did you see prosecute theft before that "long time" ?

  Each year, there are over a million arrests for shoplifting in the United States (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2019),
~ from Examining Court Processing of Shoplifting Before and After the Passage of Mississippi House Bill 585 https://ccjls.scholasticahq.com/article/9910.pdf

See also Myth vs. Reality: Trends in Retail Theft (2024) https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/myth...

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