WVXU: Shoplifting by organized retail crime rings is on the rise
UC’s retail crime expert Karl Langhorst speaks to the increase in shoplifting
A rash of retail theft has made the national news of late, but it’s a year-round problem that is just getting worse, says Karl Langhorst, an adjunct professor in UC’s School of Criminal Justice.
Langhorst teaches courses on organized retail crime and corporate security.
He says many cities are in denial there is an organized retail crime problem. “It may not have reached the level of Los Angeles yet, or Chicago, but it is happening here (Cincinnati) and it absolutely impacts you.”
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