Many stores have visible anti-theft defenses which inconvenience honest people, such as placing items in locked cabinets where you have to call a seller if you want to look at them.
This is more common in the higher-crime areas, but even in the low-crime places, this seems to be very common a lot with small and expensive things (jewelry, high-end electronics).
This is more common in the higher-crime areas, but even in the low-crime places, this seems to be very common a lot with small and expensive things (jewelry, high-end electronics).