However, all studies of corporate crime agree that the individuals are in fact deprived of far more money by such crime than they are by conventional crime like robbery and theft.
Before—before justifying the act of stealing, you have to look at violating the right that we've already agreed exists, the right of self possession and the possession of, I mean, your own things.
I've got one son who's a kleptomaniac, the other who's in love with his own aunt -- creepy even by your standards -- and a daughter who I was forced to see naked as the day she was born.
Other communities for people trying to address their compulsive shopping include Shoplifters Anonymous, a 12-step community that is modeled after Alcoholics Anonymous and meets by videoconference every week.