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adjl posted...

For that matter, what happens when more people end up with criminal convictions and can't find work (or are forced to settle for lower-paying jobs) as a result

A slippery slope in answering this, but you would have some people (at the top) say that is the point. It is more a lasting punishment/prosecution.

As with everything though, the choice would be to just put the product back on the shelf and leave, and this is coming from somebody who used to work in a dollar store (and was expected to watch everybody as well as try to stock a @%# shelf).

that means making decisions about what to overlook so more important things can be prioritized.

In the case of shoplifters though, the 'overlooked' ones can be the ones that don't get blatantly caught (or the ones who don't open canisters up and then leave the stuff open on the shelf).