With regard to the speculation as to the source of the statistics cited, please note that they are the result of extensive research the National Association for Shoplifting Prevention (NASP - a non profit organization and originator of research-based shoplifting prevention programs) conducts with the tens of thousands of shoplifting offenders who complete a NASP educational program each year as a condition of diversion, sentence or probation. The offenders are referred to NASP by some 500 criminal and juvenile courts throughout the United States. As a result, these and all of our statistics are both reliable and verifiable.

For more information about these or any other NASP statistics, please feel free to contact me directly at bstaib@shopliftingprevention.org or visit our website - www.shopliftingprevention.org

Barbara Staib
Director of Development & Communications
NASP