Post in Pawn shops in Roseville

Apr 19 02:16 UTC

Here is some additional information, randomly selected, for people that might
be interested in some more background:

This link to Australia points to the relatively low % of stolen goods fenced at
pawn shops, and the tendency for criminals to do their "business" close to
where they live.  (Without an understanding of their regulation of pawn shops,
it is hard to relate the Australian experience to Roseville, MN, however.)

http://www.crimeprevention.wa.gov.au/News/Announcements/210607BurglaryStudy/tabid/1285/Default.aspx

An interesting recent story on WCCO TV noted the much greater ease of disposing
of stolen property online than at pawn shops.

http://wcco.com/iteam/shoplifting.retail.stores.2.570754.html

There was a long story in City Pages in 1999 about a case in Minneapolis:

http://www.citypages.com/databank/20/989/article8211.asp

St. Louis Park has been sued by pawnshops related to changing their
regulations.

http://www.mnsun.com/articles/2007/10/20/news/fw18pawnshop.txt

http://www.mnsun.com/articles/2008/02/28/news/sl28pawn.txt

MPR has a story on who is using pawn shops these days:

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/12/21/pawnshops/

I don't know that these articles point to any single easy solution, but they
may help to provide a more complete picture of the matter.