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Chapter 9 discusses the key purposes of retail loss prevention (LP) within businesses. It has wide-ranging objectives dealing with protecting assets, protecting people and protecting the retailer’s reputation. The chapter considers four different models of loss prevention work, the dominant one being audit/accountancy/contract. The chapter considers some of the evident ambiguities in the idea of shrinkage and the difficulties these may cause for loss prevention.
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© 2012 Joshua A. N. Bamfield
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Bamfield, J.A.N. (2012). The Roles of Loss Prevention. In: Shopping and Crime. Crime Prevention and Security Management. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230393554_9
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