Does it seem like a good idea when you are in a foreign land the visit a prostitute? Does it ever seem like a good idea to carry $10,000 in cash in your pocket? How about carrying 10 grand when you go to the prostitute? Sounds pretty stupid, right? Get this - An English tourist was robbed of $10,00... [More]

As a counselor for both in class and online stop theft classes I have seen more students in the classroom caught stealing steel and other metals to scrap and salvage in the past 12 months than in all of my other years counseling combined.  The first question is why do thieves steal metal? ... [More]

It is not every day that you get to read about a robbery at a church and animal cruelty in the same story. But wait, this story is about so much more.  It is about the loving bond between mother and child!  It is also about domestic bliss between a man, his girlfreindf and their child. Da... [More]

There is no doubt that technology has helped in the fight to stop theft and shoplifting.  From surveillance videos to coded magnetic tags on goods, it is getting easier to catch shoplifters.  But a recent story out of Oakland, California has taken it to a new level. There Truly is an &ldq... [More]

You probably have heard the paying the prostitution is one of the world’s oldest professions. Well when people first started visiting prostitutes, you can bet there was stealing going on around town as well. As a teacher for an online theft course I often like to educate my students in the his... [More]

As a counselor for various courses including alcohol awareness classes and online theft classes, my students often like to engage in discussion regarding celebrities and their problems. For years Hollywood has made films glorifying theft including the likes of The Hustler, The Fast and the Furious, ... [More]

Often when students attend one of our shoplifting classses, they have already gone through a very traumatic experience. They were usually arrested for theft, shoplifting or petty larceny. Maybe they were booked and maybe they had to spend some time in jail before they were bailed out. But now ... [More]