Is shoplifting getting worse? It depends on how you measure it.

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Courtroom with piles of personal care items stolen in organized retail crime
Some of the more than $200,000 in stolen retail goods seized by the San Francisco Police Department from a man who was reselling them online.

San Francisco Police Department via AP

Target says it's closing 9 locations over crime, but New York City crime stats surrounding its East Harlem store tell another story

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the exterior entrance of Target in East Harlem
Target said it would close this location on 117th Street in New York, along with eight other US stores.

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The Yale police union is welcoming students by handing out 'Grim Reaper' survival guides warning them to 'remain on campus' to ensure their safety

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Yale University
A view of the Yale campus.

Michelle McLoughlin/Reuters

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