In this conversation with Eric White, Executive Vice President of Brosnan Risk Consultants, we discuss the impact of COVID-19, executive protection during the pandemic, Brosnan’s pandemic threat intelligence briefing, and much more. The post CrimeScience Episode...
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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 49 – Investigation & Interviewing, Coercion, and Interrogation Training ft. Dave Thompson (Wicklander-Zulawski & TalkLP)
Returning guest Dave Thompson of Wicklander-Zulowski and TalkLP enlightens us on coercion, investigative and interviewing training, the evolution of interrogation practices, differences in techniques & when to apply them, the TalkLP podcast, and much more. The...
CrimeScience Episode 48 – Product Counterfeiting and Corporate Crime ft. Dr. Jay Kennedy (Michigan State University)
In this episode, we talk with Dr. Jay Kennedy, Assistant Professor jointly appointed to the School of Criminal Justice and the Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection. Dr. Kennedy’s work has been published in a number of outlets, including American...
CrimeScience – COVID-19 Series: Episode 5 with Dr. Read Hayes, Tony D’onofrio, Tom Meehan ft. Jeff Roster (Apptricity)
On this week’s LPRC CrimeScience COVID-19 Series episode, we are joined by featured guest Jeff Roster, Chairman of the Retail Advisory Board of Apptricity Corporation and former Gartner and IHL Group Retail Industry Analyst. Tune in to learn about LPRC...
CrimeScience Episode 47 – LPRC IMPACT Conference, Retailers’ Response & Lessons Learned from COVID-19 ft. Fred Becker (Bloomingdale’s)
In this conversation with Fred Becker, Director of Asset Protection at Bloomingdale’s, we discuss the history of IMPACT, what’s to come for our annual conference, and retailers’ response, planning, and execution during the COVID-19 pandemic. The post...
CrimeScience Episode 46 – Pandemic Era Guardianship & Routine Activity Theory ft. Dr. Marcus Felson (Texas State University) Part 2
Dr. Marcus Felson, Professor at Texas State University, joins us for two episodes of LPRC CrimeScience. In this second part with Dr. Felson, we continue our discussion on guardianship with an emphasis on the current pandemic, research ideas, routine activity theory,...
CrimeScience Episode 45 – Perspectives on Crime and Loss in the Age of COVID-19 ft. Basia Pietrawska (CAP Index)
The CAP Index analytics team examined retail crime reported in March in the Los Angeles area and highlighted several preliminary trends affecting retailers during the current pandemic. Dr. Read Hayes discusses the data with Basia Pietrawska, CAP Index Vice President...
CrimeScience – COVID-19 Series: Episode 4 with Dr. Read Hayes, Tony D’onofrio, and Tom Meehan
On this LPRC CrimeScience #COVID19 Series episode, our new weekly podcast covering the current pandemic, co-hosts Dr. Read, Tony D’onofrio, and Tom Meehan discuss LPRC initiatives, this week’s global economy according to the data, online fraud trends and...
CrimeScience Episode 44 – Situational Crime Prevention ft. Dr. Ron Clarke Part 2
In this second episode with Dr. Ron Clarke, renowned criminologist and recipient of the Stockholm Prize of Criminology, we will continue our conversation on opportunity reduction techniques, the scope of opportunity crime, the duty of criminologists, the security...
CrimeScience Episode 43 – Pandemic Era Guardianship & Routine Activity Theory ft. Dr. Marcus Felson (Texas State University) Part 1
Dr. Marcus Felson, Professor at Texas State University, joins us for two episodes of LPRC CrimeScience. In this first conversation with Dr. Felson, we cover guardianship with an emphasis on the current pandemic, research ideas, routine activity theory, and much more....