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Eating disorders and shoplifting |
26ÌýJuly 2004 |
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One story behind retail crime
3% of young women in the UK suffer from the eating disorder bulimia nervosa, although experts believe the true figure is likely to be much higher.Ìý
A quarter to a third of bulimics routinely shoplift as part of their illness.
What are the urges that drive women to steal and how should they be dealt with by the legal system? A young woman tells her story and then Jenni talks to Dr Jill Wellbourne, patron of the Eating Disorders Association and Lucy Russell, Director of Smart Justice.
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