...John Guthrie; Sarah Todd; Joshua Bamfield Purpose Employee theft is a significant part of retail losses from shrinkage, yet has been comparatively underexplored compared with shoplifting. The purpose of this paper is to assess the impacts of different forms of staff theft and fraud upon retail...

... the definition of shrinkage, thus apparent differences in shrinkage may be the product of different methods of accountancy as well as differences in actual losses. Crimes Shoplifting Retailing Fraud Europe Shrinkage and retail crime are major issues for most retailers, having a significant...

...‐based studies have been able to separate employee theft from customer theft (shoplifting). The current study extends a behavioral‐based technique (posting) by posting total monetary loss and total items missing rather than posting the individual targeted items as in the prior studies. The study...

... programmes. Concludes that combating retail crime requires a range of integrated policies to be used. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Closed‐circuit television Crime Employees Retailing Security Shoplifting Crime is a major source of loss for many retailers. By 1995, retail crime losses were...

...Binshan Lin; Deborah Ann Hastings; Christopher Martin Presents a report of the study about shoplifting problems in retail clothing outlets which was carried out during the autumn of 1993, with the primary purpose of examining managers′ attitudes towards shoplifting in some detail and the secondary...

... and capabilities. Cost control Retailing Shoplifting Politics Theft United Kingdom VOLUME 21 NUMBER 8 1993 Legal and Social Changes Affecting UK Retailers' Response to Consumer Theft David Leaver Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK Consumer theft cost UK retailers an estimated £1 billion...