April 03, 1971 (vol. 81, iss. 149) • Page Image 1
…Investigating the mind of a shoplifter EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of a two-part series dealing wih the phenomenon of shoplift- By TONY SCHWNARTZ "I would imagine that you are ~pretty sick and tired of a bunch of people ripping you off," writes one shoplifter, "but I felt your store was cheating people and so I was going to rip it off. Could -put one over on the honkeys? I tried and I failed." The excerpt comes from a 1,000- 4word essay...…