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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.
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, and much more.
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 of Consulting and Analytics, and delves into routine activity theory, Los Angeles’ weekly percentage changes in select crimes at retail establishments, and suggestions moving forward for retailers.
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 hypothesis, and much more.
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