Shoplifting and Theft Prevention Classes Atlanta, GA

1. Shoplifting and Theft Prevention Shoplifting is a popular term used for the unnoticed theft of goods from an open retail establishment. Shoplifting typically involves a person concealing a store item on their person, in pockets or under clothes and leaving the store without paying for it. The Shoplifting and Theft Prevention Classes are awareness and prevention courses. The class is an intensive workshop that concentrates on harm reduction and lower recidivism. Participants are encouraged to discuss life circumstances and issues that have led to criminal activities.

2. Shoplifting and Theft Prevention • What Is Shoplifting? • Shoplifting is typically defined more broadly than the simple removal of merchandise from a store without paying for it. You can also be charged with shoplifting (or retail fraud) for things like: • altering a price tag • removing (or even just trying to remove) security tags and other theft-prevention • “secreting” an item on your person while still in the store (putting merchandise in your pocket or purse), and • removing an item from its packaging and concealing it in or among other merchandise.

3. Shoplifting and Theft Prevention How Shoplifting is Charged and Punished In many states, shoplifting is charged and punished as a theft or larceny offense usually as a petty theft or the state’s lowest-level theft offense if the value of the merchandise stolen falls below a certain threshold. Other states do differentiate between shoplifting and standard theft offenses for purposes of charging and sentencing, and may treat shoplifting less severely than other theft offenses.

4. Shoplifting and Theft Prevention Civil Liability for Shoplifting In addition to any criminal penalties stemming from a shoplifting offense, every state has a civil law under which any person who commits shoplifting can be held civilly liable to the store owner for money damages stemming from the incident. And in almost every state, the parent or legal guardian of a minor who commits shoplifting may also be on the hook for money damages although a few states require that the parent or guardian knew or should have known of the minor’s proclivity toward shoplifting.

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