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Sorry rockinmonny but a mall is still private owned it is owned by a person or a company. And normally part of the agreement business agree to is for the mall to provide its own security and for the stores to honor the rules that the mall management provide them. This includes honoring bans on people who shop life.

And not only can they but they do every day of the year. The issue is that in most places the statue of limitation on the crime of shoplifting is one year, and anytime within that year they can press charges if they want to. So if the person is banned and goes back, yes the charges can be pressed

They told her she was too young to charge. But if she were to go back there she would get a $ 200.00 fine for trespassing.

[rockinmommy]

Now all I need is some suggestions for a punishment besides taking away her cell phone, laptop , TV, bedroom door, friends, bank card, bus pass, and not allowing her to go anywhere. I'm hoping she will learn from this and not do it again.

Well, she needs another job - obviously. There are plenty of restaurants, nursing homes, etc that will hire a kid. She doesn't have to work at the mall.

My "theory" all along is that part of this process (which I believe would deter her from doing it again) should be her having to call her dance teacher, for example, and admit what she did. If they can't get her back in - so much better of a lesson learned. But I can't imagine the humiliation of having to call my dance teacher and tell them I STOLE something and can't come back to dance. I know as a teenager I would have sooner died!

And have you asked her WHY she did it? Is she running with a bad crowd? Is she a risk taker? Is she looking for attention?