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- Increase membership in the National
Shoplifting Prevention Coalition which is made up of
individuals, agencies, courts, retailers, professional associations
and corporations committed to taking action to prevent shoplifting.
- Provide schools and community youth organizations with
primary
shoplifting prevention programs for use in conjunction
with character-education programs aimed at youth in grades
K-12.
- Distribute an overarching “Community Action Plan”
for communities seeking to actively work at the prevention
of shoplifting.
- Enhance the web-based National
Self-Help and Support Center for individuals seeking
help. Enhancements will include support services for people
with a shoplifting problem in the form of self-assessments,
online self-help groups, telephone coaching, telephone buddies,
referrals to psychotherapists and referrals to addiction
recovery programs which address related issues.
- Centralize shoplifting prevention education through a
web-based National Learning
and Resource Center which provides education and statistics
for the public.
- Increase delivery of secondary prevention programs to
criminal and juvenile justice communities throughout the
nation.
- Conduct and publish ongoing research to achieve a better
understanding of the shoplifting problem and its solutions.
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