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Crime prevention series
Prosecution as a deterrent
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Preventing retail crime
Susan Geason and Paul R Wilson
Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 1992
ISBN 0 642 17047 9 ; ISSN 1031-5330
(Crime prevention series)
Abstract
There is a certain amount of pessimism among retailers about the possibility of apprehending thieves, the value of apprehension as a deterrent to reoffending, or the cost effectiveness of prosecution. An on the spot warning system for first offenders has been trialed in New South Wales and Victoria as an alternative, with some promising results.