Editing Theft (section)

==Psychology==
[[File:BRNO - Vlastimila Pecha 20191003 172724.jpg|thumb|Securing construction equipment against thieves]]
Possible causes for acts of theft include both economic and non-economic motivations. For example, an act of theft may be a response to the offender's feelings of anger, grief, depression, anxiety, compulsion, boredom, power and control issues, low self-esteem, a sense of entitlement, an effort to conform or fit in with a peer group, or rebellion.<ref name=cooper>{{cite book |last1=Cooper |first1=Cary L. |title=Risky Business: Psychological, Physical and Financial Costs of High Risk |date=2012 |publisher=Gower Publishing, Ltd. |isbn=978-1409460183 |pages=442 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VzYpatFxuoQC |access-date=17 February 2019}}</ref> Theft from work may be attributed to factors that include greed, perceptions of economic need, support of a drug addiction, a response to or revenge for work-related issues, rationalisation that the act is not actually one of stealing, response to opportunistic temptation, or the same emotional issues that may be involved in any other act of theft.<ref name=cooper/>{{rp|438}} [[Grotius]] and [[Pufendorf]] upheld the principle that a person in extreme and unavoidable need, who took from the surpluses of property holders, was not guilty of the crime of theft.<ref name="McGill 2017 p. 181">{{cite book | last=McGill | first=E. | title=Grotius and Law | publisher=Taylor & Francis | year=2017 | isbn=978-1-351-56491-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lTQrDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA181 | access-date=2023-03-13 | page=181}}</ref>

The most common reasons for [[shoplifting]] include participation in an organised shoplifting ring, opportunistic theft, compulsive acts of theft, thrill-seeking, and theft due to need.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sali |first1=P.S. |last2=Julka |first2=Tapasya |last3=Sharma |first3=Asha |title=Shoplifting: Leading to High Shrinkage in Retail Industry |journal=Zenith International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research |date=December 2012 |volume=2 |issue=12 |page=188 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281347383 |access-date=17 February 2019 |issn=2231-5780}}</ref> Studies focusing on shoplifting by teenagers suggest that minors shoplift for reasons including the novelty of the experience, peer pressure, the desire to obtain goods that a minor cannot legally purchase, and for economic reasons, as well as self-indulgence and rebellion against parents.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Prayag |first1=G. |last2=Juwaheer |first2=T.D. |title=Exploring Teenagers Shoplifting Motivations and Perceptions of Deterrence Measures – A Case Study of Mauritius |journal=University of Mauritius Research Journal |date=2 February 2019 |volume=15 |page=47 |url=https://www.ajol.info/index.php/umrj/article/viewFile/130969/120553 |access-date=17 February 2019}}</ref>