SHOPLIFTING is a crime. There is no grey area here – it is theft and it is wrong. But what is often up for debate is how the businesses, the police and the courts respond when people are caught stealing from stores apparently out of love and desperation.
There is a lot of sympathy for down-and-out mothers and fathers who say they shoplift to feed and clothe their children.
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