Shoplifting

Shoplifting is different to other types of theft as it is not stealing from an individual, but stealing from a company. this means that there is less guilt for the offender as they are likely to think they are not causing anybody any harm. Also even if someone is caught they are likely to get away with a caution, suspended sentence, or a fine, so the risk is not too great, and therefore there is not much of a deterant. However for most people, they know it is morally wrong, and it is this that prevents them from shoplifting, rather than it being illegal.

The reason people shoplift who may not need to, is often because they will get an adrenaline rush when/if they get away with it. It is the fact that they know what they are doing is wrong which is why they do it, & again there is no guilt or any real deterant to give them a reason not to. However it is only a small percentage of people who this applies to, as the majority of poeple have the "correct" moral standards to know that shoplifting is wrong.