Shoplifting is a very common issue all throughout the world, and the US is no exception, with approximately one in every eleven Americans having shoplifted at least once in their lives. One of the ...

In previous articles, I have examined activities like shopping as an addiction. One similar such behavior is shoplifting. I have to admit that from a personal perspective, I came from a family where ...

A cup of hot coffee flung at the wall of his 7-Eleven store was the price Philip Minias paid for confronting one would-be shoplifter. Open round-the-clock, the corner store in Boston’s Downtown ...

South End residents and retailers said businesses in Boston are being battered by shoplifting to feed the addiction that festers daily at the Mass and Cass drug market, with thieves threatening store ...

The following is an interview between Terrence Shulman, JD, LMSW, ACSW, CAAC, CPC, founder of the Shulman Center for Compulsive Theft, Spending, and Hoarding in Michigan, and Elizabeth Corsale, MA, ...

For one of the most prolific shoplifters in the UK, every operation would begin the same way. The night before, Cullan Mais would load up Google Maps on his mobile phone and mark out a “fishing ...

Shoplifting arrests are up more than 261% in Boston compared to the five year average in the city, according to recent police data. From 2024 to 2025 alone, those types of arrests have more than ...