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Shoplifters aren't just bad to the bone or mums stealing nappies. The truth is more complex| Emily Kenway

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Shoplifters aren't just bad to the bone or mums stealing nappies. The truth is more complex| Emily Kenway
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Speaking to career thieves as part of my research, I learned that childhood abuse, a life in care and little education has led them to this placeEmily Kenway is a social policy doctoral researcher at the University of Edinburgh and author of Who Cares: the Hidden Crisis of Caregiving and How We Solve ItRyan* is 25 and he’s a shoplifter. He’s good at it too – about four times a week, he makes “no small money” by stealing and reselling goods from large department stores where security is limited.

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