, ▁Jack ▁Ker ou ac ▁and ▁other ▁Beat ▁generation ▁writers , ▁Jean ette ▁Winter son , ▁Ch uck ▁Pal ah ni uk , ▁Har uki ▁Mur ak ami , ▁Jeff rey ▁Eugen ides , ▁and ▁Mark ▁Z . ▁Dan iele w ski . ▁( See ▁Book ▁store ▁shop l ifting .) ▁ ▁Econom ist ▁pers pect ives ▁Econom ists ▁say ▁shop l ifting ▁is ▁common ▁because ▁it ▁is ▁a ▁relatively ▁un sk illed ▁crime ▁with ▁low ▁entry ▁bar riers ▁that ▁can ▁be ▁fitted ▁into ▁a ▁normal ▁l ifest yle . ▁People ▁of ▁every ▁nation , ▁race , ▁eth nic ity , ▁gender , ▁and ▁social ▁class ▁shop l ift . ▁Origin ally , ▁analysis ▁of ▁data ▁about ▁app reh ended ▁shop l if ters ▁and ▁inter views ▁with ▁store ▁detect ives ▁suggested ▁that ▁females ▁were ▁almost ▁twice ▁as ▁likely ▁as ▁males ▁to ▁shop l ift . ▁However , ▁since ▁ 1 9 8 0 , ▁the ▁data ▁suggest ▁that ▁males ▁are ▁equally ▁or ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁shop l ift ▁than ▁females . ▁The ▁average ▁shop l if ter ▁first ▁did ▁it ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ten : ▁shop l ifting ▁tends ▁to ▁peak ▁in ▁ad oles c ence ▁then ▁stead ily ▁decl ines ▁there after . ▁People ▁of ▁all ▁races ▁shop l ift ▁equally , ▁and ▁poor ▁people ▁shop l ift ▁only ▁slightly ▁more ▁than ▁rich ▁people . ▁Men ▁tend ▁to ▁shop l ift ▁using ▁b ags , ▁and ▁women ▁using ▁st rollers . ▁When ▁caught , ▁a ▁shop l if ter ▁has