Self Help and Analysis

Lead Instructors:  Bob ReidBuddy GrafJeff HastingsMelinda Moore
 Access:  Public   Status:  Active   Lesson:  Part of Course
The good news is that shoplifting is curable, and this lesson deals with the psychological and emotional needs that people struggle with and how they can obtain help to overcome the difficulties that lead people to steal. This uplifting program offers hope to those in need and will surprise many about what are the root causes of many thefts and shoplifting cases, and the mental health choices available to you to overcome this and put it in your past.

Lesson Specs

Instructions

  1. Purchase your assigned Course or redeem an Access Code
  2. View the Lesson Videos from beginning to end
  3. Take the required Test
  4. View your Results and print your Certificate

Lesson Chapters

  1. Introduction
  2. The Role of Depression in Shoplifting
  3. Addiction and Shoplifting
  4. Kleptomania
  5. Is Shoplifting an Addiction
  6. What do you do about addiction?
  7. Your Treatment Program
  8. Other Considerations

Lead Instructors

Bob Reid

Retired Sheriff, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
A 30 year veteran of law enforcement including as Sheriff of Ohio’s largest county, Police Cheif of the suburb of Bedford, and a 20 year patrolman, Bob Reid is an expereinced law enforcement officer who graduated from the FBI’s Academy.

Reid served his country after graduation from Mayfield, Ohio High School and served in Ohio Army National Guard, 107th Armed Cavalry, where he was honorably discharged in 1969. He received an associates degree in arts from Cuyahoga Community College in 1971 and in 1972 graduated from Cleveland State University with a BBA in Management.

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Buddy Graf

Loss Prevention Expert
Buddy Graf serves as Vice President of Business Development and Risk Management at Discount Drug Mart in Medina, Ohio. A 40 year veteran of the retail industry, who has worked his way up from a store stock boy to Vice President of a substantial consumer retail chain in the Midwest, Graf has a wide array of experience in management and retail operations.

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Jeff Hastings

Attorney & Counselor at Law
Jeff Hastings is a former Judge of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas and is currently a self-employed attorney in Cleveland, OH. His law practice is primarily focused on criminal defense matters and throughout his career has handled over a 1,000 criminal matters in municipal, state and federal courts. Previously, Jeff served as the Managing Attorney for the Cleveland Office of the Ohio Attorney General and since April 2007 has been a Member of the Cuyahoga Board of Elections and served as the Board’s Chairman from April 2007 to December 2012 and from March 2018 to present.

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Melinda Moore

Clinical Psychology Ph D. and Addictive Behavior Specialist
Dr. Melinda M. Moore helps people every day as they struggle with depression, and other behavioral issues from the Veterans Administration Hospital in Lexington, KY. Possessing a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, The Catholic University of America (Washington, DC), an M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Catholic University, an M.A. in General Psychology, The Catholic University of America and a B.A. in Medieval and Renaissance Studies, The Ohio State University, Doctor Moore possesses extensive knowledge and training in the behavioral health field.

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Other Lessons in This Course

Understanding Shoplifting

Shoplifting has so many causes, affects, and costs and all are presented to you in this lesson.

Self Help and Analysis

The good news is that shoplifting is curable, and this lesson deals with the psychological and emotional needs that people struggle with and how they can obtain help to overcome the difficulties that lead people to steal.