Comment by hattmall
10 hours ago
Sort of, but there's a difference, the rise in anti-shoplifting stuff is in contrast to a decline in things like burglar bars. Stealing from residential property is seen as mostly the domain of drug addicts. Stealing from a multi-national corporation doesn't have the same stigma.
High property rights, low crime rates are [among others] is textbook definition of high trust societies. It doesn't matter whom it's from.
It's not a matter of stigma, it's a matter of lax enforcement. The majority of shoplifting is done by organized criminal gangs. They'll do it if they can escape without serious punishment, regardless of any stigma.
https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/shoplifting-gangs-have-pla...