Wednesday, March 9. 2011

Today's schedule is B-A-D-C

B - Earth & Space Science 11 - Today we'll start by finishing up the notes on the law of superposition; law of original horizontality; principle of cross-cutting relationships; angular unconformities, disconformities, nonconformities, radiometric dating, isotopes, and decay; parent and daughter products; half-lives; Eons, Eras; Periods; and Epochs. After, we'll work on a relative dating exercise in partners. This will be our last work on Geologic Time and this puts us at the end of our first major unit in Earth and Space Science 11. We will have a unit final this Monday (March 14th) so please review your first unit work before then.

D & A - Criminology 12 - Today we will continue our look at property crime and theft. We'll turn our focus to shoplifting and you'll need to answer the following:

1. What are the differences between a professional and an occasional thief?
2. What is a "situational inducement"?
3. What is a "Booster", a "Heel", a "Snitch", a "Fence"?

For the rest of today and tomorrow you'll work on the following activity:

You work for the Retail Council of Canada and have been hired to create a poster campaign about shoplifting. The poster campaign has two purposes:

1. To help employees identify people who are shoplifting and
2. To explain how to reduce shoplifting in stores (target hardening and target removal strategies)

Look at figure 11.2 on page 257 in the Criminology text for help. Here are some further ideas and points.....

Spot the Shoplifter: Unfortunately, there is no typical profile of a shoplifter. Thieves come in all ages, races and from various backgrounds. However, there are some signs that should signal a red flag for retailers. While the following characteristics don't necessarily mean guilt, retailers should keep a close eye on shoppers who exhibit the following:

1. Spends more time watching the cashier or sales clerk than actually shopping.
2. Wears bulky, heavy clothing during warm weather or coats when unnecessary.
3. Walks with short or unnatural steps, which may indicate that they are concealing lifted items.
4. Takes several items into dressing room and only leaves with one item.
5. Seems nervous and possibly picks up random items with no interest.
6. Frequently enters store and never makes a purchase.
7. Enters dressing room or rest rooms with merchandise and exits with none.
8. Large group entering the store at one time, especially juveniles. A member of the group causes a disturbance to distract sales staff.

This will take the whole class to complete and will be handed in on Monday for marks.

C - Geography 12 - Surprise...It's an extra day in room 604 to work on your project. Remember to consider what you saw on the DVD yesterday and also the "likelyhood" (risk analysis) that we talked about yesterday.