Shoplifting Trends: What You Need to Know - Council on Criminal Justice (2024)

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³ Office of Governor Gavin Newsom. (2023, September 12). California to make largest-ever investment to combat organized retail crime. CA.GOV. https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/09/12/ort-grants/

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¹⁶ National Retail Federation. (2023). National retail security survey 2023. https://nrf.com/research/national-retail-security-survey-2023

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¹⁸ Reilly, P. (2023, July 26). Shoplifting suspects casually roll out three carts of merch from California Burlington store: video. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2023/07/26/shoplifting-suspects-casually-roll-out-three-carts-of-goods-from-california-burlington-store-video/

¹⁹ Capital One Shopping Research. (2023). Retail theft (shoplifting) statistics. https://capitaloneshopping.com/research/shoplifting-statistics/

²⁰ Bennett, L., Mendoza, N., Perelmuter, B., & Shapiro, M. (2023). Retail theft: What to know and where to go. The Center for Just Journalism. https://justjournalism.org/media/download/CJJ_TipSheet_RetailTheft_2022.pdf

²¹ National Retail Federation. (2023). National retail security survey 2023. https://nrf.com/research/national-retail-security-survey-2023