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Crime prevention series
Preventing retail crime in supermarkets
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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
The major crime problems affecting supermarkets are shoplifting and the theft of shopping trolleys. There are also occurrences of robberies and extortions involving tampered food. Crime prevention strategies include electronic article surveillance; closed circuit television; coin-returned shopping cart corrals; returned trolley rewards; securing of cigarettes; and shopping bag searches. Case studies illustrate some of the strategies in operation.