Chpt. 7

Question 1

The Crime Prevention Service for Business at Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice defines shrinkage as the difference between the inventory a business should have and what the…?

Answer 1

Business actually does have.

Question 2

Shrinkage results in numerous losses, including what?

Answer 2

Revenue shortfall.

Question 3

According to the Food Marketing Institute, an industry group that maintains a list of the fifty most stolen items from supermarkets, what is one of the top-ten most stolen items from supermarkets?

Answer 3

Similac.

Question 4

According to the FBI, Organized Retail Crime gangs target what?

Answer 4

High-value consumer goods.

Question 5

Organized Retail Crimes legislation would assist with ease of prosecution for crimes that…?

Answer 5

Occur across jurisdictional lines.

Question 6

LERPnet is an information sharing protocol developed with collaboration between industry associations, law enforcement and the what?

Answer 6

Retail community.

Question 7

OCR is causing a major problem for retailer’s bottom line and costs the average retailer about how much yearly?

Answer 7

$230,000.

Question 8

Employee theft cannot be eliminated, but it can be controlled by…?

Answer 8

Good management techniques.

Question 9

CPTED assumes that crime is related to daily routines and activities in the area. CPTED involves ____ and designing space inside and outside of buildings.

Answer 9

Using space.

Question 10

According to the Australian Institute of Criminology, CRPD involves the integration of protective features into products in order to reduce their potential to become targets of?

Answer 10

Criminal activity.

Question 11

Audits and inventories are extremely important in?

Answer 11

Loss prevention efforts.

Question 12

What individuals are usually in the middle or upper management level in the corporate business structure?

Answer 12

Loss prevention or security directors.

Question 13

Many loss prevention executives report that in addition to their loss prevention and security duties, they are assigned a broad scope of responsibility for dealing with…?

Answer 13

Non crime issues.

Question 14

There are several programs to assist personnel in interviewing techniques including…?

Answer 14

Wicklander-Zulawski Associated, Inc.

Question 15

What activity may arise out of words, conduct, gestures, or threats?

Answer 15

Detention.

Question 16

Detention must be based on what significant facts that would cause a reasonable person to believe that an offense has been committed?

Answer 16

Probable cause.

Question 17

The _____ of the subject must be reasonable considering the factors of physical surroundings, physical
contact, and the type and level of any threats.

Answer 17

Reasonableness.

Question 18

Retailers must have policies that are applied evenhandedly without regard to the subject’s race or other personal factors. This is called what?

Answer 18

Consistency.

Question 19

Civil recovery or civil demand programs began when?

Answer 19

1980s.

Question 20

Integrity shoppers or mystery shoppers are usually employed by…?

Answer 20

Shopping services.

Question 21

Peer reporting is one of the most effective techniques to do what?

Answer 21

Detect theft.

Question 22

Most of the time, the anti-theft technologies deployed in retail are?

Answer 22

Visible.

Question 23

The standard means of transmitting a CCTV image is through?

Answer 23

A coaxial cable.

Question 24

If everyone knows that there is a camera, they may feel safe in or around the store, thus preventing potential criminals from attacking. What is this called?

Answer 24

Fear reduction.

Question 25

Honest people, for the most part, stay honest; dishonest people tend to stay dishonest. Employers should conduct what?

Answer 25

Complete background information.