Published On Feb 23, 2024
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Shoplifting: Moral Panic, or Total Distraction?
News reports make it sound like there is a shoplifting pandemic taking over America's cities. We're bombarded with videos of smash and grabs, and pharmacies have started putting all their products behind protective glass. So is America entering a new era of lawlessness? Or is this just distracting us from a way more dangerous wave of crime? We'll explain in this video on America's Shoplifting Pandemic.
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Written by Amanda Scherker
Hosted by Michael Burns
Directed by Michael Luxemburg
Edited by Brian M Kim
Produced by Olivia Redden
Bibliography
Eugene Coates, “Where Is Your Company Most Prone to Lapses in Integrity?,” Harvard Business Review.
Gerardus Petrus Hoefnagels, The Other Side of Criminology.
Gregg Barak, “Theft of a Nation: Wall Street Looting and Federal Regulatory Colluding.”
Jeffrey Reiman and Paul Leighton, “The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison.”
Jennifer Taub, “Big Dirty Money: The Shocking Injustice and Unseen Cost of White Collar Crime.”
Jessie Eisinger, “The Chickenshit Club.”
Kerry Segrave, “Shoplifting: A Social History.”
Rachel Shteir, “The Steal: A Cultural History of Shoplifting.”
Stuart Hall, “Social Construction of Crime,” 21st Century Criminology: A Reference Handbook.
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