Clinical Assessment and Intervention with Shoplifters

Community, corporate, and judicial interest in ways of effectively curtailing shoplifting has been heightened as the proliferation of large shopping malls has created increased opportunities for theft-related offenses. Research demonstrates that shoplifting often results from a variety of psychosoci...

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Published in:Social work (New York) 1991-05, Vol.36 (3), p.234-238
Main Authors: Schwartz, Sanford, Wood, Herman V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addiction
Case studies
Classification
Client Relations
Communities
Counseling
Counseling Techniques
Criminal justice
Criminal motive
Criminal offenses
Criminals
Evaluation Methods
Humans
Intervention
Judicial system
Justice
Models, Psychological
Motivation
Peer Influence
Peer pressure
Personality Traits
Psychiatric social work
Psychological aspects
Psychological Evaluation
Psychological Patterns
Psychology
Shoplifting
Social Problems
Social Work
Social Work - methods
Stress Variables
Theft
Theft - classification
Theft - prevention & control
Theft - psychology
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Summary:Community, corporate, and judicial interest in ways of effectively curtailing shoplifting has been heightened as the proliferation of large shopping malls has created increased opportunities for theft-related offenses. Research demonstrates that shoplifting often results from a variety of psychosocial problems experienced by otherwise law-abiding citizens. Unfortunately, services for convicted shoplifters often are limited to attending financial planning seminars and brief court-ordered supervision sessions. This article presents a typology for differential assessment of and intervention with shoplifters. The model, developed from over 10 years of clinical practice and research, identifies five major categories under which client motivation can be classified: entitlement, addictions, peer pressure, stress, and impulsiveness. Requisite social work knowledge and skills for addressing this costly social problem are addressed.
ISSN:0037-8046
1545-6846
1545-6846
DOI:10.1093/sw/36.3.234