Checkpoint: What Does a Global Pandemic Mean for Shoplifting?
Share this article Share this article THOROFARE, N.J., April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- When the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the coronavirus a 'global pandemic' on 11 March 2020, governments across the world began restricting the movement of people through social distancing, introducing local and national lockdowns to help slow the spread of the virus. One major result of this reduction in mobility was a vast decline in many types of crime. Shoplifting during a Pandemic At this time, there was widespread closure of shops in the general retail sector, which naturally decreased the ...
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