Welcome to another episode of CrimeScience! This week, Dr. Hayes introduces some of the team and discusses resources for our members while Tom and Tony cover the latest retailer shrink study in Australia, 2023 Retailer Information Technology and its impact on loss...
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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 145 with Dr. Read Hayes & Tom Meehan
This week on CrimeScience, our hosts discuss some research strategies and current initiatives at the LPRC, as well as touching on AI and another set of uses and challenges for this emerging tool. Listen in to stay updated on hot topics in the industry and more! The...
CrimeScience – The Weekly Review – Episode 144 with Dr. Read Hayes, Tom Meehan & Tony D’Onofrio Ft. Kevin Larson (Kroger)
Welcome back to CrimeScience! This week, our hosts discuss tech safety and cyber security, the risk of using public USB charging stations, LPRC segment was shown on CBS Sunday Morning, and our hosts have a conversation with guest Kevin Larson from the Kroger...
CrimeScience – The Weekly Review – Episode 143 with Dr. Read Hayes, Tom Meehan & Tony D’Onofrio
Welcome back to CrimeScience! This week, our hosts discuss inflation in the UK, latest retailer returns in 2022, and Former President Trump’s arrest. Monitor these developments on the coming episodes! Listen in to stay updated on hot topics in the industry and...
CrimeScience – The Weekly Review – Episode 142 with Dr. Read Hayes, Tom Meehan & Tony D’Onofrio
RILA AP Conference had an amazing turnout! Open House at our Labs was a great success! In this week’s episode, our co-hosts discuss the happiest and unhappiest countries by continent, Roe v. Wade leak and potential protests, a summary of organized retail crime data...
CrimeScience – The Weekly Review – Episode 141 with Dr. Read Hayes, Tom Meehan & Tony D’Onofrio
Just how bad is the retail crime epidemic? Find out this week along with hottest technologies in 2023 for operations and IT points of view, the potential indictment of former president Donald Trump, new Chat GPT 4 and its capabilities, and more. Listen in to stay...
CrimeScience – The Weekly Review – Episode 140 with Dr. Read Hayes, Tom Meehan & Tony D’Onofrio
On this episode, Dr. Hayes discusses the recent ICSC Summit for Organized and Violent Crime, where we hosted industry partners and retailers to help create a wider strategy for prevention of these issues, Tony D’Onofrio calls in from Italy to discuss theft...
CrimeScience – The Weekly Review – Episode 139 with Dr. Read Hayes, Tom Meehan & Tony D’Onofrio
This week, our hosts cover retail trends in 2023 and tech trends. Hear about top retailers in 2023, retail fatality numbers and demographic changes, unidentified flying objects on headlines again, and civil unrest. Listen in to stay updated on hot topics in the...
CrimeScience – The Weekly Review – Episode 138 with Dr. Read Hayes, Tom Meehan & Tony D’Onofrio
On today’s episode, our hosts recap last week’s LPRC Integrate event, discuss the US economy based on several retail reports, discuss AI and computer breakthroughs and how those might affect retail, and much more. Listen in to stay updated on hot topics in...
CrimeScience – The Weekly Review – Episode 137 with Dr. Read Hayes, Tom Meehan & Tony D’Onofrio
This week, we’re covering the last minutes before the INTEGRATE event, the new ATF gun crime report in the US, recent train derailments, and the unidentified flying objects press released from both the US and Canada. Stay tuned for more updates from the event as...