id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-12955 Beach, Allyne; Gapen, Kaye Library Book Theft: A Case Study 1977-03-01 11 .pdf application/pdf 6397 343 63 A MAJOR lMPEDIMENT TO EFFICIENT LI- BRARY VSE is library book theft. Just as the white collar crime perspective suggests that there is pressure from status inconsistency which motivates white collar criminals to trespass the law, many librarians have suggested that library book theft is a re- sponse to academic pressure.16 The research tested the pressure by in- vestigating whether students steal books to ensure better grades, to deal with stiff competition from their peers, to have books for their personal collections, or because they cannot afford to purchase the books. cache/crl-12955.pdf txt/crl-12955.txt