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Shopping and Crime
Joshua Bamfield
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Description for Shopping and Crime
Paperback. An interdisciplinary study of retail crime as a cultural phenomenon, drawing on economics, criminology and management to present a comprehensive explanation for the growth in retail thefts. This topical study explores crime prevention as a management issue, using criminomics, a concept based on commercial realities rather than maximising arrests. Series: Crime Prevention and Security Management. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JKV; JKVQ2; KCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
An interdisciplinary study of retail crime as a cultural phenomenon, drawing on economics, criminology and management to present a comprehensive explanation for the growth in retail thefts. This topical study explores crime prevention as a management issue, using criminomics, a concept based on commercial realities rather than maximising arrests.
An interdisciplinary study of retail crime as a cultural phenomenon, drawing on economics, criminology and management to present a comprehensive explanation for the growth in retail thefts. This topical study explores crime prevention as a management issue, using criminomics, a concept based on commercial realities rather than maximising arrests.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
Series
Crime Prevention and Security Management
Number of Pages
325
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349356478
SKU
V9781349356478
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99-15
About Joshua Bamfield
JOSHUA BAMFIELD has studied retail consumer and crime trends in Europe and North America for 30 years and has acted as consultant to major retail corporations. He taught management, strategy and industrial economics at Oxford Brookes, UK, before becoming Head of Business at Northampton University. He is Director of the Centre for Retail Research, Nottingham, Fellow of the Royal Statistical ... Read more
Reviews for Shopping and Crime
'...stimulating book on retail loss, described as a 'must read' by Prof Martin Gill at the Retail Fraud conference in London in April...This pungent and well argued book ranges far wider than its title.' - Professional Security 'a thorough, well reasoned treatise on the scope, complexity and pervasiveness of retail property crime, with an historical focus on ... Read more