On this week’s episode, John Voytilla, global loss prevention and subject matter expert in developing scalable and actionable strategies, joins our co-hosts to talk about the LPRC STRATEGY@ program, the importance of collaboration in the retail industry, acute...
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Tune in to the LPRC’s CrimeScience Podcast for a deep dive into various aspects of retail crime, loss prevention, and asset protection.
Hosted by industry experts Dr. Read Hayes, Tom Meehan, and Tony D’Onofrio, we strive to inform, educate, and empower retail industry professionals with practical and actionable insights.

CrimeScience Episode 65 – Science & Evidence-Based Policing featuring Dr. David Weisburd (George Mason University) Part 1
Dr. David Weisburd, Distinguished Professor at George Mason University and Executive Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy, joins Dr. Read Hayes on LPRC CrimeScience to discuss science in evidence-based policing, the value and challenges of real-world...
CrimeScience – The Weekly Review – Episode 44 with Dr. Read Hayes, Tom Meehan, and Tony D’Onofrio
145,000 COVID-19 scam websites taken down. Retail’s not dead: it’s one of the fastest-changing industries. In this week’s episode, our co-hosts discuss these topics and more, including COVID-19 strains, Clubhouse app scams, Reddit stocks, and retail...
CrimeScience – The Weekly Review – Episode 43 with Dr. Read Hayes, Tom Meehan, and Tony D’Onofrio
In this week’s episode, our co-hosts delve into the types of curbside pickup shoppers, the future of malls, 2021 store experience projections, the most important retail technologies in 2021, fake COVID-19 vaccination cards, and much more. The post CrimeScience...
CrimeScience Episode 64 – Choice, Crime, and Evidence-Based Prevention featuring Dr. John Eck (University of Cincinnati) Part 2
Dr. John Eck, Professor at the University of Cincinnati, joins Dr. Read Hayes on the second and final part of their discussion to give his perspective on Opportunity Structure Signatures, Examining Crime Prevention Mechanisms, Weak Intervention Backfire Concerns, and...
CrimeScience – The Weekly Review – Episode 42 with Dr. Read Hayes, Tom Meehan, and Tony D’Onofrio
523 retail fatalities in 2020. 19% of total retail sales took place online. Our co-hosts discuss the D&D Retail Violent Fatalities report, global consumer trends, vaccine misinformation, upcoming LPRC initiatives, zero-day flaws, Ohio’s unemployment office...
CrimeScience Episode 63 – Choice, Crime, and Evidence-Based Prevention featuring Dr. John Eck (University of Cincinnati) Part 1
Dr. John Eck, Professor at the University of Cincinnati, joins Dr. Read Hayes to give his perspective on Bounded Offender Rationality and Situational Choices, how and why crime is concentrated at specific places, place management, and much more in part one of our...
CrimeScience – The Weekly Review – Episode 41 with Dr. Read Hayes, Tom Meehan, and Tony D’Onofrio
Tune in for this week’s quick update – our co-hosts discuss pool testing, Operation Warp Speed, Deloitte’s retail industry outlook, tech companies need to evolve, subscription services in retail, fake vaccine scams, global data breaches, and much...
CrimeScience – The Weekly Review – Episode 40 with Dr. Read Hayes, Tom Meehan, and Tony D’Onofrio
On this week’s episode, our co-hosts discuss LPRC updates, false-flag operations, the COVID-19 vaccine black market, violent civil unrest, the Capitol, paid agitators, 2021 technology trends & predictions, and much more. The post CrimeScience – The...
CrimeScience – The Weekly Review – Episode 39 with Dr. Read Hayes, Tony D’Onofrio, and Tom Meehan
Vaccination “waitlist” scams are emerging. Black Friday foot traffic down more than 52%. On this week’s episode, our co-hosts discuss these topics and much more, including COVID-19 vaccine developments, updates on the Russian state-sponsored hack,...