NCJ Number
154570
Date Published
1992
Length
49 pages
Annotation
This kit contains materials that youths are to use in a home- study program designed to help them stop shoplifting, as well as materials to be used in the administration of the program.
Abstract
The workbook guides the juveniles in learning the true facts about shoplifting, examining the reasons why they thought shoplifting was acceptable behavior on the day they were caught, and thinking about how they were feeling when they shoplifted. The workbook also helps the juveniles in examining why they shoplifted, assessing the risks of shoplifting, developing a plan to stop shoplifting, and considering suggestions from Shoplifters Alternative and other teens to make the personal plans even stronger. This kit also includes a program registration form to be used by those applying to participate in the program, an instruction sheet for the juveniles to guide their participation in the home-study program, and two audio cassette tapes that guide the youth into thinking about the risks of shoplifting. Also included in the kit is a psychological profile analysis and risk assessment, which provides a profile of the juvenile offenders based on their answers in one of the home study sections. Other materials are a research survey, a program completion report, a verification quiz, a monthly status report, and an outline of administrative procedures.