The increase in online shopping for Black Friday and Cyber Monday comes with an influx of COVID-19 related scams. On this week’s episode, our co-hosts discuss this and more, including COVID-19 vaccinations, smart devices and IoT, efforts to protect curbside pickups,...
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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 – The Weekly Review: Episode 34 with Dr. Read Hayes, Tony D’Onofrio, and Tom Meehan
Happy Thanksgiving! Did you know we cook 46 million turkeys each year? The most popular password option of 2020 was “123456”, which can be cracked in under a second. Our co-hosts discuss these facts and more on this week’s episode, including COVID-19...
CrimeScience – The Weekly Review: Episode 33 with Dr. Read Hayes, Tony D’Onofrio, and Tom Meehan
Last week 74.1 billion dollars were generated from the 2020 11.11 Global Shopping Festival, rebranded from Single’s Day in China. Nike sees 15 million dollars in sales in minutes. COVID-19 vaccines in phase three trials. On this week’s episode, our co-hosts discuss...
CrimeScience Episode 62 – Rethinking Investigations and Learning from Offender Movement Featuring Dr. Kim Rossmo (Texas State University)
“Offenders go where they know and know where they go.” Dr. Kim Rossmo, Research Professor at Texas State University, joins Dr. Read Hayes to discuss crime patterns, the geography of crime and policing, opportunistic versus intentional offenders, serial...
CrimeScience – The Weekly Review: Episode 32 with Dr. Read Hayes, Tony D’Onofrio, and Tom Meehan
Singles’ Day in China was created by college students in spite of Valentine’s day to buy gifts for themselves. Now the largest shopping day in the world, learn how U.S. retailers are trying to adopt this atypical holiday, and how it can increase online fraud. On...
CrimeScience – The Weekly Review: Episode 31 – “Election Day” with Dr. Read Hayes, Tony D’Onofrio, Tom Meehan and Featured Guest Richard Long (3SI)
On this week’s special episode, we welcome Richard Long, 3SI Senior Vice President & Director of Global Law Enforcement, to discuss Election Day and much more with our co-hosts – including law enforcement planning leading up to the results, community...
CrimeScience – The Weekly Review: Episode 29 with Dr. Read Hayes, Tony D’Onofrio, Tom Meehan and Featured Guest Terrance Gainer
Special guest Terrance Gainer, founder of Terrance W. Gainer, LLC, joins the CrimeScience podcast to talk about the election outcome response, the substantial increase in murders and non-fatal shootings, data reporting, and police departments adaptations to increase...
CrimeScience – The Weekly Review: Episode 28 – Dr. Read Hayes, Tony D’Onofrio, and Tom Meehan
Dual flu & COVID-19 vaccine to start trials in Hong Kong. By 2021, there will be an estimated 1 billion CCTV cameras. In this episode, Dr. Read Hayes, Tom Meehan, and Tony D’Onofrio discuss these topics and more, including IMPACT 2020, edge computing,...
CrimeScience Episode 61 – Ransomware, Social Engineering, & Physical/Digital Skimming Featuring Nolen Scaife (University of Colorado, Boulder)
Nolen Scaife, Assistant Professor of the Department of Computer Science of the University of Colorado, Boulder, rejoins our podcast to discuss ransomware detectors, when organizations pay the ransom, social engineering, malware countermeasures, password management,...
CrimeScience – The Weekly Review: Episode 27 – Dr. Read Hayes, Tony D’Onofrio, and Tom Meehan
Over 40 COVID-19 vaccines in human trials. 20.5% of retailers surveyed will sit out of the markdown cycle. In this episode, our co-hosts delve into these topics and much more, including ransomware, 911 outages, eCommerce seasonal workforce, the correlation between...