Trinidad & Tabago, a country of 1.4 million people, had a murder rate of 45.7 per 100,000 people in 2024. Murders have been steadily rising in recent years and reached their highest murder rate ever last year. Gangs are a major factor, with 43.68% of murders...
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Emerging Venezuelan gang ‘more violent’ than Tren de Aragua targets Tren de Aragua. Do you think that these violent crimes are being reported to the police?
Criminals tend to commit crimes against people who are similar to themselves and illegals tend to disproportionately commit crime against other illegals. Do you think that Tren de Aragua members are going to report the crimes against themselves to police? Obviously...
At Townhall: The Democrats Just Can’t Stop Pushing Nonsensical Assault Weapon Bans
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at Townhall. Democrats just can’t let go of their push for an assault weapons ban. Meanwhile, Americans are waiting for the Supreme Court to intervene. Thirteen times, the court has relisted the Snope v. Brown case, which...
Survey: Does the News Media Favor Democrats or Republicans? All groups but liberals think the news media favors Democrats.
A new National Survey of 1,072 U.S. Likely Voters Conducted by Rasmussen Reports over May 1 and 4-5, 2025 shows that all groups except for liberals think that the news media is biased in favor of Democrats. Blacks and Hispanics actually believe that the news media...
More Television Police Show Bias: Robbers using Machine Guns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6QANZo91Ok As the Crime Prevention Research Center has pointed out many, many times, television crime shows seem to think criminals are constantly using machine guns to commit crime. In real life, criminals generally use machine guns...
Another Book Translated into Portuguese: “Gun Control Myths: How politicians, the media, and botched ‘studies’ have twisted the facts on gun control.” This is Lott’s Fourth Book in Portuguese.
This is Dr. John Lott's fourth book to be translated into Portuguese. . Mitos sobre o desarmamento, de John Lott Jr. . Nesta obra, o autor realiza uma análise incisiva das falácias que permeiam os debates sobre a posse de armas, desafiando, com dados e argumentos...
Greg Gutfeld on Fox’s The Five Using the Data on Crime by Illegals the Crime Prevention Research Center Put Together
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG-WYRAwrMo There are a number of pieces of information on this issue that we provided Greg Gutfeld. 1) Last year, the Biden administration admitted that 9% of the so-called "non-detained" illegals who were released into the US had...
Six People in Texas Charged in Vote Harvesting Case
"Absentee ballots remain the largest source of potential voter fraud.” It’s the conclusion of the bipartisan 2005 report of the Commission on Federal Election Reform, chaired by former President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James Baker III. In 2012, the...
UPDATED: New Research: Do Armed Civilians Stop Active Shooters More Effectively Than Uniformed Police?
We updated a new research paper that we hope you agree is very important. Please download and read it here. . Abstract . The FBI tracks active shooting cases—where individuals attempt to kill people in public places, excluding those tied to robberies or gang violence....
CPRC in the News: North Carolina Newsline, The Carolina Journal, Report 24, Real Clear Politics, Arizona Sun Times, and more
A 2022 study from the Crime Prevention Research Center looked at changes in crime and killings of police after adopting constitutional carry. Using data from 13 states, researchers found that the drop in murder is statistically significant, but the change in...
At American Liberty: Only 1 In 5 Americans Think Gun Control Reduces Crime
Dr. Lott has a new post at American Liberty. The CPRC commissioned a new survey by McLaughlin & Associates of 1,000 general election American voters. Despite all the claims about support for gun control, only 19% of voters think passing more gun control will...
At American Liberty: The Disconnect Between Mass Shooting Stats And Reality
American Liberty ran something that we had put together. A new survey titled “Exposure to Mass Shootings in the United States: A National Survey” and published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (SPPE) claims that approximately 6.95% of U.S....











