Staying One Step Ahead of the Criminals

UF researcher Read Hayes, a scientist in the University of Florida’s Wertheim College of Engineering FLEX (Florida Engineering Experiment Station), is working on curbing retail theft. Hayes, alongside UF researchers, blend technology — including artificial intelligence — with social science to improve retail security and deter theft, fraud and violence at the UF SaferPlaces Lab and the Loss Prevention Research Council.

Discover how UF Engineering research scientist and criminologist Read Hayes and his colleagues across campus and in the retail industry work to stay one step ahead of criminals. 

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