Talks & writing

On stage, on air, in print.

Workshops, guest appearances, and articles on crime data, retail risk, and place-based analysis. Organizing an event? See the speaking kit.

Talks and workshops

Series · Retail Crime Uncovered
Retail Crime Uncovered, part 1
Series · Retail Crime Uncovered
Retail Crime Uncovered, part 2
Series · Retail Crime Uncovered
Retail Crime Uncovered, part 3
Workshop · CASDAL
Little Rock space and time crime analysis
Workshop · IACA
Excel: crime and place
Listen on LPRC ↗
Podcast guest · LPRC, episode 23
Environmental criminology: places and crime
Talk · CAST
Place matters: a criminal justice angle

Recent and selected talks for industry, policing, and research audiences. The full list is in the CV.

2026
Closing data voids in crime-risk analysis post-COVID
Domestic Security Alliance Council (DSAC) · Presentation and panel
2026
Beyond the store: using place-based risk intelligence to strengthen loss prevention strategies
Loss Prevention Foundation · Webinar, with Gary Sankary
2025
Stay one step ahead: transforming ORC prevention through strategic location intelligence
NRF Protect · Presentation
2024
Crime and corporate strategy: making informed security decisions with crime insights
Hanwha · Presentation, with Stephen Longo
2024
Geospatial analytics and mapping: critical tools to fight retail crime with ArcGIS
National Retail Federation · Panel
2022
Crime and place in Excel
IACA Conference, Chicago · Workshop (two sessions)
2019
Thinking outside the box: the value in understanding the larger environment
LPRC IMPACT Conference, Gainesville · Presentation
2019
Applications of RTM: from policing to neighborhood-level approaches
1st International Conference on Crime Risk Analysis, Elche, Spain · Presentation
2018
Risk-based policing seminar and training in Latin America
Ministry of Government, Córdoba Province, Argentina · Training, with Alejandro Giménez-Santana
2017
Actionable spatial intel with next-gen risk terrain modeling
IACA Conference, New Orleans · Presentation
2016
Places not people: an introduction to risk terrain modeling
Colorado Auto Theft Investigations Conference · Presentation

A four-part series with Walter Palmer for Loss Prevention Media.

Part 1
Cutting through the hype of crime data ↗
How to read crime headlines and statistics with healthy skepticism, and use data and modeling to lower risk and allocate resources.
Part 2
Cutting through the hype of crime data, part 2 ↗
Why "place" changes how crime risk and crime trends should be analyzed.
Part 3
Does time influence crime risk? ↗
Adding time to the analysis of risky places.
Part 4
Holidays in retail: how shifts in daily routines join time and place to impact crime risk ↗
How holiday routines change crime risk at retail locations.

Interviews recorded before the podcast launched.