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=====Rationale===== This privilege has been justified by the very practical need for some degree of protection for shopkeepers in their dealings with suspected shoplifters. Absent such privilege, a shopkeeper would be faced with the dilemma of either allowing suspects to leave without challenge or acting upon their suspicion and risk making a [[false arrest]].<ref name="rest120a">See Β§ 120A {{cite book|title=Restatement (second) of Torts|date=1965|publisher=American Law Institute|isbn=0314012710|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J642AQAAIAAJ|access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref>
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