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On Lock N Load Radio: On Crime in Chicago and other cities and our new research on mass public shootings

Aug 22, 2020 | Featured

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Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Frady about our op-eds on crime in Baltimore and Chicago and our new research on mass public shootings.

(Tuesday, August 18, 2020, from 6:05 to 7:00 PM)

Lock N Load August 18, 2020, part 1
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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.

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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...