While not rising to crime wave proportions yet, this year's holiday shopping season is starting out rougher and more violent than any years in recent memory. From stampedes for bargain priced items, to breaking down doors to get in first, to gun violence at a few malls, to spikes in shoplifting reported by great numbers of stores, this year has been notable for bad behaving shoppers. This is the essence of an article on the topic that appeared on ABC News on 12/2/08, titled,
Bad Economy, Dangerous Holiday Shopping, Violence Marks Holiday Shopping Season; Some Say Stores Haven't Done Enough to Increase Security http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6371057&page=1
The article points out that in addition to the Wal-Mart employee killed by a human stampede for the low-marked item, that other violence has accompanied this years Black Friday shopping seaons. Here are the low-lights -- ABC News reported that "In addition to the Friday morning stampede that led to the Wal-Mart worker's death, there was a spate of shootings: Two men shot each other to death at a Toys "R" Us store in Palm Desert, Calif., Friday; a pregnant woman was injured in a shooting at an Atlanta mall Saturday and armed robbers killed one man at an Express store in a suburban Miami mall Monday. "
The article further reports, "According to the National Retail Federation, at least one kind of crime -- shoplifting -- is on the rise. Of the more than 100 retail executives surveyed by the federation in October, 74 percent reported an increase in shoplifting. "We do feel the economy is a trigger for someone taking an opportunity to commit a crime that they otherwise would not think about," said Joseph LaRocca, the vice president of loss prevention at the federation. "
Bad Economy, Dangerous Holiday Shopping, Violence Marks Holiday Shopping Season; Some Say Stores Haven't Done Enough to Increase Security http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6371057&page=1The article points out that in addition to the Wal-Mart employee killed by a human stampede for the low-marked item, that other violence has accompanied this years Black Friday shopping seaons. Here are the low-lights -- ABC News reported that "In addition to the Friday morning stampede that led to the Wal-Mart worker's death, there was a spate of shootings: Two men shot each other to death at a Toys "R" Us store in Palm Desert, Calif., Friday; a pregnant woman was injured in a shooting at an Atlanta mall Saturday and armed robbers killed one man at an Express store in a suburban Miami mall Monday. "
The article further reports, "According to the National Retail Federation, at least one kind of crime -- shoplifting -- is on the rise. Of the more than 100 retail executives surveyed by the federation in October, 74 percent reported an increase in shoplifting. "We do feel the economy is a trigger for someone taking an opportunity to commit a crime that they otherwise would not think about," said Joseph LaRocca, the vice president of loss prevention at the federation. "
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