Reducing juvenile shoplifting

Description

Reducing juvenile shoplifting involves implementing targeted prevention and intervention measures, such as increasing store surveillance, providing youth education on legal consequences, fostering parental and community involvement, and offering counseling or diversion programs for at-risk individuals. These actions aim to deter theft, address underlying causes, and promote responsible behavior, thereby decreasing repeat offenses and minimizing losses for retailers. The strategy focuses on practical remedies to prevent youth crime and support positive development.

Implementation

14-year-old "under-achievers" in East London chose trouble with the police as their problem in a school social inventions workshop They ended up making a video for showing at local schools about shoplifting, complete with police van and flashing lights, arrest and film taken in the police cells and the magistrate's court They reported back with a new level of self-esteem as a result of this work, and a new feeling of cooperation with the police stemming from their cooperation in the filming.