
Dr. Read
Hayes
Research Scientist/Criminologist
University of Florida and LPRC
Read Hayes, PhD is a Research Scientist/Criminologist at the University of Florida, and Director of the Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC). The LPRC includes 76 major retail corporations, multiple law enforcement leaders, trade associations, and over 100 protective solution/tech partners working together year-round in the field, in VR, and in sim labs with scientists and practitioners to increase people and place safety by reducing theft, fraud, and violence using better process and smart technologies. Dr. Hayes is a media source for the NYT, Washington Post, Bloomberg Business, Wall Street Journal, CNN, NPR, FoxNews, NBC, CBS, USA Today, and the BBC. rrhayes@ufl.edu ; website: lpresearch.org