retail management very clearly knows that store design changes significant behavior in their customers.  both positive and negative.  For example, the end-positions in grocery stores are paid for, because of the boost in sales they result in.<p>The article talks about the walmart store design. Narrow isles, limited sight lines, messy isles, etc. These all significantly contribute to shoplifting.<p>Make no mistake, walmart is taking a strategic approach to prioritize a certain store design that they know increases shoplifting.  The solution of leaning on the local police is also strategic.  The PR position of relying on people&#x27;s moral sense of how they think law-breaking works is also strategic, deliberate and cynical.<p>The results is comments like yours. Making their argument for them, under the guise of &#x27;what else can they do&#x27; and &#x27;dont break laws&#x27; kind of middle-class sensibilities that are frequently thrown about.<p>Crime is entirely an issue of economics and oppertunity. Reduce the economic needs, and reduce the oppertunity.