Shoplift­ing rose 24% this year, no end in sight

(The Cen­ter Square) – Shoplift­ing has soared in the U.S. in 2024, forc­ing many stores to leave cities and con­tin­u­ing a trend in recent years.
Shoplift­ing has risen 24% in the first half of 2024 alone, accord­ing to new­ly released data from the Coun­cil on Crim­i­nal Jus­tice.
The White House cit­ed the CCJ’s data to boast a drop in vio­lent crime so far this year, but a clos­er look at the data showed that while vio­lent crime has declined, sho …