This edited collection provides an original and comprehensive take on retail crime and its prevention, by combining international data and multidisciplinary perspectives from criminologists, economists, geographers, police officers and other experts. Drawing on environmental criminology theory and situational crime prevention, it focusses on crime and safety in retail environments but also the interplay between individuals, products and settings such as stores, commercial streets and shopping malls, as well as the wider context of situational conditions of the supply chain in which crime occurs. Chapters offer state-of-the-art research on retail crime from a range of countries such as Australia, Brazil, Israel, Italy, Sweden, the UK and the USA. This methodological and well-researched study is devoted to both academics and practitioners from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds whose common interest is to prevent retail crime and overall retail loss. The chapters 'Crime in a Scandinavian Shopping Centre' and 'Perceived Safety in a Shopping Centre' are published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com.

Autorentext
Vania Ceccato is Professor at the Department of Urban Planning and Environment, School of Architecture and the Built Environment, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden. 
Rachel Armitage is Professor of Criminology at the University of Huddersfield, UK, as well as Director of the multi-disciplinary Secure Societies Institute.

Inhalt
Part 1 An Introduction to Retail CrimeChapter 1. Retail crime; Vania Ceccato and Rachel ArmitageChapter 2. International Trends in Retail Crime and Prevention Practices; Joshua BamfieldPart 2 Products, Settings and Offenders in RetailChapter 3. Can We Ever Know Which Objects Thieves Most Desire?; Brian Smith, Ron ClarkeChapter 4. Who Steals from Shops, and Why?; James Hunter, Laura Garius, Paul Hamilton and Azrini WahidinChapter 5. COPS and Robbers; Emmeline TaylorPart 3 Retail Environments, Crime and Perceived SafetyChapter 6. Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) and Retail Crime; Rachel Armitage, Chris Joyce and Leanne MonchukChapter 7. Shoplifting in Small Stores; Paul CozensChapter 8. Crime in a Scandinavian Shopping Centre; Vania Ceccato, Örjan Falk, Pouriya Parsanezhad and Väino TarandiChapter 9. Perceived Safety in a Shopping Centre; Vania Ceccato, Sanda TcacencuPart 4 Retail Crime and the Wider Context.- dChapter 10. Shopping Crime at Place; Aviv-Yafo, David Weisburd, Shai Amram and Maor Shay Chapter 11. Crime at the Intersection of Rail and Retail; Andrew NewtonChapter 12. Crime Against Trading; Marcelo Justus, Vania Ceccato, Gustavo Moreira and Tulio KahnChapter 13. Theft of Medicines from Hospitals as Organised Retail Crime; Ernesto Savona, Marco Dugato and Michele RiccardiPart 5 Retail Crime PreventionChapter 14. The Challenges to Preventing Losses in Retailing; Martin GillChapter 15. Towards a Theory of Tagging in Retail Environments; Aiden Sidebottom, Nick TilleyPart 6 Research and Practice.- Chapter 16. Practical challenges and new research frontiers in retail crime and its prevention; Vania Ceccato and Rachel Armitage.