System And Method for Preventing Retail Loss
OwnerDarrell Huntsmaninventor
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Abstract
A system and method for preventing retail loss is described. The method includes offering a civil remedy in lieu of criminal prosecution to a suspect involved in theft of merchandise; capturing the suspect's information; verifying the suspect's information through a comparison with a database; obtaining an admission of guilt to the theft from the suspect; providing the suspect with life correcting coursework designed to prevent future occurrences of theft by the suspect; and foregoing criminal prosecution of the suspect for the theft upon the suspect's completion of the coursework.
Claims20
A merchandise loss prevention method comprising:
- offering a civil remedy in lieu of criminal prosecution to a suspect involved in theft of merchandise;
- capturing the suspect's information;
- verifying the suspect's information through a comparison with a database;
- obtaining an admission of guilt to the theft from the suspect;
- providing the suspect with life correcting coursework designed to prevent future occurrences of theft by the suspect;
- and
- foregoing criminal prosecution of the suspect for the theft upon the suspect's completion of the coursework.
A merchandise loss prevention system comprising:
- a program overview device to present a civil remedy to a suspect involved in an incident of theft of merchandise;
- an information capturing device to record data associated with the incident;
- a data entry device to manually enter data associated with the incident;
- a verification component to verify any data obtained from the suspect;
- and
- a coursework program to teach the suspect life skills that will assist the suspect in not engaging in future theft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.