Donate

Worth listening to: On America in the Morning: talking to Jim Bohannon about his attempt to work across the isle on gun control

Feb 25, 2018 | Featured

media appearance

Dr. John Lott talked to Jim Bohannon about his attempt to work across the aisle on gun control and what law Lott would like to see changed.

(Friday, February 16, 2018)

johnrlott

0 Comments

Categories

Archives

On What’s On Your Mind: To Discuss the Crime Statistics

On What’s On Your Mind: To Discuss the Crime Statistics

by | Jul 27, 2026 |

Dr. John Lott Jr. appeared on What’s On Your Mind with Scott Hennen, broadcast across North Dakota, South Dakota, western Minnesota, eastern Montana, and the southern central Canadian provinces, to discuss the National Crime Victimization Survey, exposing massive...

Are most people in prison there for crimes motivated by poverty? No, poverty explains just a few percent of the variation in crime rates, and relatively few crimes are related to poverty.

Are most people in prison there for crimes motivated by poverty? No, poverty explains just a few percent of the variation in crime rates, and relatively few crimes are related to poverty.

by | Jul 26, 2026 | , ,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldlsMfnlQq8 This interview on Fox News Sunday with the co-chair of the Democratic Socialist of America has the claim that most people in prison there for crimes motivated by poverty. Here are some facts: Roughly 58.2% of state prisoners...