The "Organized Retail Crime" Panic [TEASER]
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The Myth of Organized Retail Crime and its Diversionary Tactics
Examining the similarities between organized retail crime and the messaging around street gangs in the 1990s, this chapter questions the diversionary tactics used to shift attention from underlying causes of petty crime and explores the aggressive nature of prosecutions in the United States.
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