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Dr. Lauren R. Shapiro

Dr. Lauren R. Shapiro is an associate professor in the Department of Security, Fire, and Emergency Management at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She is co-editor with Dr. Marie-Helen Maras of the Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management, a Springer publication.

Articles

5 Steps to Training LP Practitioners to Be Better Shoplifting Observers

Offender profiling that focuses on arbitrary features of shoplifters, such as sex, ethnicity, and age, is ineffective and costly to retailers.

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Violence in the Workplace

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Dr. Lauren R. Shapiro

Articles

Digital Partners

Violence in the Workplace

Webinars

Available On-Demand Now: Retail’s Dangerous Triangle of Trafficking, Trucking, & Organized Theft

LPM Webinar On-Demand: AI’s Impact on Retail Crime, Investigations, and Interviews

Webinar Now Available On-Demand: Reducing Workplace Violence by Safeguarding Employees and Assets

Whitepapers

WHITEPAPER: How Organized Retail Crime Is Threatening the Retail Industry

WHITEPAPER: US Retail Worker Safety Report

WHITEPAPER: Holistic Loss Prevention: A People-Driven, Tech-Enabled Ecosystem

LP Solutions

Advancing Retail Safety with Reveal Body Cameras

Getting Smarter About Retail and Risk

How Flock Safety’s Technology Keeps Employees Out of Harm’s Way