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Shopping and Crime

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  • © 2012

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  1. Joshua A. N. Bamfield

    1. Centre for Retail Research, UK

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Part of the book series: Crime Prevention and Security Management (CPSM)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Shopping and Crime

    • Joshua A. N. Bamfield
    Pages 1-10

  3. Shopping and Offending

    • Joshua A. N. Bamfield
    Pages 11-34

  4. Shopper and Shoplifter

    • Joshua A. N. Bamfield
    Pages 35-57

  5. How Shoplifters Shop the Store

    • Joshua A. N. Bamfield
    Pages 58-89

  6. The Crime of Theft: How Much Is Stolen?

    • Joshua A. N. Bamfield
    Pages 90-117

  7. Theft by Employees

    • Joshua A. N. Bamfield
    Pages 118-149

  8. The Politics of Retail Crime Prevention

    • Joshua A. N. Bamfield
    Pages 150-192

  9. Sanctions against Retail Crime

    • Joshua A. N. Bamfield
    Pages 193-211

  10. The Roles of Loss Prevention

    • Joshua A. N. Bamfield
    Pages 212-233

  11. Managing Loss Prevention

    • Joshua A. N. Bamfield
    Pages 234-264

  12. Conclusions

    • Joshua A. N. Bamfield
    Pages 265-270

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 271-325
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About this book

An interdisciplinary study of retail crime as a cultural phenomenon, drawing on economics, criminology and management to present a comprehensive explanation for the growth in retail thefts. This topical study explores crime prevention as a management issue, using criminomics, a concept based on commercial realities rather than maximising arrests.

Reviews

'...stimulating book on retail loss, described as a 'must read' by Prof Martin Gill at the Retail Fraud conference in London in April...This pungent and well argued book ranges far wider than its title.' - Professional Security

'a thorough, well reasoned treatise on the scope, complexity and pervasiveness of retail property crime, with an historical focus on asset protection and loss prevention [...] Bamfield persuasively argues that the allure of shopping, encouraged by retailers' marketing efforts, is itself a contributor to retail crime, along with deviant behavior.' - Robert L. DiLonardo, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books

Authors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Retail Research, UK

    Joshua A. N. Bamfield

About the author

JOSHUA BAMFIELD has studied retail consumer and crime trends in Europe and North America for 30 years and has acted as consultant to major retail corporations. He taught management, strategy and industrial economics at Oxford Brookes, UK, before becoming Head of Business at Northampton University. He is Director of the Centre for Retail Research, Nottingham, Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and read PPE at Oxford and Industrial Economics at Nottingham.

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