Is shoplifting a moral issue, a psychological issue  or behavior bred by materially obsessed cultures?
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I think of your choices I would have to say moral issue.  But I believe you missed the right answer that it is a socioeconomic problem.  "Steal to eat" etc.  Don't get me wrong I am sure some people steal for other reasons, but I think most steal because they want to cloth, feed, or provide in other ways for themselves and their children.  Stealing is morally unconscionable for whatever reasons though.
1052275
Does seem a bit out of whack...now the one committing the crime is considered the victim of an uncaring society.\n\nMy favorite is that folks will be sent to jail for longer sentance for tax evasion than for a robbery & assualt or even rape.
422798
PPl are jealous that u have things? then that is their problem. dont let it bother u.  This is their problem
807901
Only behaviour can be labelled as these things, not people. Human beings are capable of great generosity and kindness, bravery and self-lessness but also great cruelty and meanness as well as anti-social behaviour over a wide spectrum.  Most people who behave in these ways are damaged and alienated from their own society.  They are most likely to need help but do not lose sight of the fact that they are, until they get the help they need, potentially dangerous.  The harm they can do may seem small but can have massive repercussions for victims of their behaviour.
165308
Well this is certainly a sophisticated question! First you have to define *deviance* THe phenomenom of deviant behavior or differences is constant. Norms change all the time! What was once thought of as deviant ten years ago is more accepted now. It is actually relative to the norm! The problems inherent? Well since it is relative...I guess it challenges the status quo. Yes of course there are criminal deviants, sexual deviants, perhaps even nature has deviants although we would probably call them mutations. The psychological mind is a wonderful and complex thing, and I think it just all comes down to expressionism and passion. Some people have a natural strong desire or a cultivated one. If deviants were not labeled that way (you might as well say freak!) then perhaps we could open our minds and ask them, what they are thinking, what is their deep psycholocal needs within? compulsive behavior, or obsessive compulsive behavior could be the root of it. Well that is all I can say on this topic for now!
275299
Depends on your moral and ethical beliefs. Whether you believe it is stealing or whether you believe turning it in makes you a better person. It is all based on what kind of person are you.
961844
I know... a thief has more rights than the person being robbed.   Kinda reminds you of the liberals (thieves, more rights) and conservatives (being robbed, less rights).\n\nDoesn't it?
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Society generally has a prob with people who do things outside cultural norms.
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Spell work is a very private thing,  and being that you are not a "proper person" having not been intitated into the mysteries, I am not at liberty to discuss such a thing with you. But I can tell you  I don't ask for money, because I don't NEED to be "super rich. " I think the super-consumer lifestyle is a detriment to environment as well as to the human condition.  Materialism is an obsession that causes you to think only about yourself, what you wear, what you own, what you can buy.  You are so busy obsessing over the next fad or frenzy that you never take the time to look inward, to meditate, to experience true happiness drawn from the spiritual, not from the physical.  Power comes from within, all living beings possess it.  Witchcraft teaches you to direct that power to achieve goals. not everyone's goal is to be rich...You may think that is is hogwash, but I can assure you that it is not.  I haven't the folly to deny my own senses.
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I think the answer depends on your intent. If your a security guard and your paying special attention to blacks out of fear, hate, or dislike. Then racism is probably at play. Security guards should be watching people based on  suspicous behaviour and body language associated with shoplifting.
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understanding and respecting other people's, culture, religion and rituals can help in solving this problem.\nthe crux of the problem is the greedy nature of human.
760958
This behavior is evenly divided by both parties and all professions.  To me the bigger problem is the hypocrisy and telling others how to live their lives while they are living a lie daily, hourly, deceiving those who trust them, their families, anyone who cares about them.\n\nI respect people who live honest lives and refrain from deceiving or judging others.\n\nAgain, the hypocrisy is reprehensible!  The audacity to think you are better than another, know more than another and judge another is beyond any other behavior I can imagine.
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People are teaching their children that this is the age of instant gratification. no need to save up for something that you really want. It is easier to just take it. Heck, the toy manufacturers and stores make a lot more money than we do. \n\nThen the can justify it by blaming the policies of G.W. Bush and the government for forcing the little people to have to steal.\n\nWell, I have news, Machaivelli was wrong - the end does not justify the means. Items that you work to obtain are far sweeter than those just given or recevied in a dishonest way.
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It can be a combination of things, and in most real cases it is.  Poverty, upbringing, financial status, social status, can all have a push or pull when some one is deciding on commiting a crime.  In most crimes most people have a well structured plan of what they were going to do, which means that it wasn't some spur of the moment thing.  For example I did a case studie on Drug related crimes: selling, production and so forth.  Over 40 percent of the criminals admited that it was easier for them to sell and produce drugs than it was to actually go and get a paying job.  Now that can be considerd a social upbringin or classification.  \n\nFor some people crime is a way of life, Little Rock Arkansas has the highest rate of gang killings in the US Higher than LA, Okland, and New York.  There was a documentary that showed that little kids were raised up in gangs, hanging round drugs, sex, and crime.  It wasn't a case of these children choosing to joing the Crypts of the Bloods it was that they were raised in the enviorment.  Additionaly to the gang enviorment these children were raised in poverty, the social sturcture was messed up from the beginning weather it was parenting, education, and so on.  \n\nThen you have those that do it for the thrill of doing it.  Take for example kids killing for fun.  I forgot what show it was (was on A&E) but was over kids killing other kids for fun. 4 out of the 5 killers that were intervied said they wanted to know what it felt like to kill.  Now most of these kids were brought up living the american dream: mom, dad, house, minvan, dog, but yet these kids wanted to kill.  Now dose the killings that these kids in any way diffierent from the killing of those raised in gangs, no they were killing, but their social, education, and other aspects were worlds apart.\n\nso in short its can be alot of things that will push a person to commit a crime, weather it be petty thieving to premptive murder.
835016
Agreed - I work in retail and get customers asking me what to buy for their loved ones. I just feel like saying " how the fuck should i know"!\nSometimes think that people buy presents (expensive ones)to make themselves look good rather than think about what the recipient would want.
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Long as it is not made by kids - it is OK in the USA. Cheap well made goods made by prisioners are wanted. If the prisioners are criminals then we are not concerned with the conditions they live under. If they are African, or black, then we consider criminals as hero's and want them freed. Logic is not a strong point in my country.
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We already have it - people use stolen credit card numbers to order merchandise, there is identity theft, and scams.  Shoplifting from the convenience of your home!