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Personal Essay: Shoplifting Is A Serious Crime

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Shoplifting

Shoplifting is a serious crime. You are taking what is not yours; you are stealing from other people, which causes them tremendous harm. Have you ever asked yourself that question: what if I get caught? Don’t you ever think about your future? If you get caught, you will get arrested and go to jail. Don’t you know that you are going to have a police record, which would be like a sticker, and it will stick on you for the rest of your life, especially when you are a brown-skinned teenager or adult in the United States of America? Some of those teenagers still shoplift even though they have money in their pockets or in their purses. Maybe such behavior gives them some sort of power or something; who knows? They think they can steal …show more content…

It’s not in their hearts to steal, but at their age, their impulse to steal is so difficult to control it becomes a big problem for them. Also, depression plays a big role in those teenagers, mostly the African-American ones. They express their depression through bad behavior such as shoplifting, violence, crime, drugs, alcohol, sex, committing suicide, and so forth. They may do it also to dispel boredom. But who pays the price? The businesspeople, of course. Some analysts think that the loss in the United States from shoplifting exceeds 40 billion dollars. Such a sum is a burden for so many businesses in this country. How many can keep it going by losing their share in such a large amount? Even employees do shoplifting. What a sad situation. The U.S. National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) reports that almost a third of all businesses in the United States are forced to close because of shoplifting. You see, when you are stealing from a business and have this business shut its doors; you don’t only hurt the business owner, but you also hurt thousands of other people. You also hurt the customers who are affected by this monetary loss caused by shoplifting simply because the store owners will raise their prices for their losses. In some areas, customers pay $350 to $450 dollars annually in higher prices because of shoplifting. Can consumers really afford

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