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World Service,01 Mar 1984,28 mins

Shoplifting

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Who shoplifts and why. From underwear fetishists to women stealing to feed their children, Paddy Feeney talks to perpetrators and store detectives, exploring the changing nature of stealing from shops and asks if the shopkeepers are preventing or provoking this kind of theft? Picture: Shoplifting, Credit: Thinkstock

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