NCJ Number
41422
Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY AND PENOLOGY Volume: 5 Issue: 1 Dated: (FEBRUARY 1977) Pages: 79-95
Date Published
1977
Length
17 pages
Annotation
THIS STUDY REPORTS ON AN INVESTIGATION OF THE NUMBER OF FACTORS THOUGHT TO AFFECT THE WILLINGNESS OF SHOPPERS TO REPORT A SHOPLIFTING INCIDENT. THE FIELD EXPERIMENT INVOLVED RIGGED SHOPLIFTING INCIDENTS.
Abstract
THE SEX AND APPEARANCE (HIPPIE VERSUS STRAIGHT) OF THE SHOPLIFTER WERE MANIPULATED. IN ADDITION, THE INCIDENTS WERE STAGED IN THREE STORES SELECTED A PRIORI TO REPRESENT VARYING DEGREES OF SIZE. THE DATA IN THE INTERVIEWS PROVIDED INFORMATION ON SHOPPER CHARACTERISTICS, ATTITUDES TOWARD SHOPLIFTING, AND SO ON. MAJOR FINDINGS WERE THAT: SIZE OF STORE AND SEX OF SHOPLIFTER HAD LITTLE EFFECT ON REPORTING WHEREAS APPEARANCE DID, WITH HIPPIE SHOPLIFTERS MORE LIKELY TO BE REPORTED THAN STRAIGHT SHOPLIFTERS; AND LESSER EDUCATED, MIDDLE-AGED, AND BLUE COLLAR SHOPPERS WERE MORE LIKELY TO REPORT SHOPLIFTING....MSP