Strangely, it was very difficult to find a picture of Joshua Cobb, the ex-Marine who made this threat, in any news story outside of the local media market. "As of today I have officially began planning my attack. It is going to take place in 2023 in the state of New...
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At Townhall: The FBI’s Crime Data Have Real Problems
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Townhall that continues our investigation into the problems with the FBI crime data. The news media relies almost exclusively on FBI data to report on changes in crime rates. But there is strong evidence that FBI data...
Letter in the WSJ Responding to Lott’s Op-ed in the Newspaper
Here is the letter that the WSJ published in response to Dr. John Lott's op-ed. . Our New Shoplifting Policy: Employees are being told not to confront store theft. . I agree with John Lott (“The Media Say Crime Is Going Down. Don’t Believe It,” op-ed, April 25) that...
How has Americans’ Perception of Violent Crime Changed Over the Last Year?
Rasmussen Reports has done several polls over the year asking whether likely voters in America think that violent crime is getting worse. We wanted to compare polls over the last year to see if there has been a change in people's views. But despite the media's attempt...
Letter Submitted to USA Today: Responding to “FBI data shows America is seeing a ‘considerable’ drop in crime. Trump says the opposite.”
When USA Today had two articles claiming that Trump was wrong in claiming that crime was increasing, Dr. John Lott submitted the following letter to the editor, but the newspaper didn't run the letter. Dear Letters Editor: USA Today erroneously dismisses former...
CPRC in the News: Fox News, Washington Times, The Week, Instapundit, City Journal, and More
"One false claim by @JoeBiden after another," Crime Prevention Research Center president John R Lott Jr. wrote. . . . Alexander Hall, "Biden takes heat over strange cannibal story: 'Like something out of a bad script'," Fox News, April 20, 2024. The Bureau of Justice...
Media Bias on TV Police Shows: Lots of Criminals Using Machine Guns to Free Prisoners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKgEAWUyXHs As the Crime Prevention Research Center has often pointed out, television crime shows seem to think criminals constantly use machine guns to commit crime. Unfortunately, CBS’ NCIS Hawaii is no different (Season 3 Episode 2,...
On Redacted: “Crime is ACTUALLY Skyrocketing Under President Biden”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmmu_RyCFzY Dr. John Lott appeared on Redacted with Clayton Morris to discuss his piece in the Wall Street Journal on whether crime rates are rising or falling? From the discussion at Redacted: Corporate media is telling us that crime...
Television Cop Show Illustrates the Notion of Marginal Deterrence in Crime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlFjnFij5F8 The Crime Prevention Research Center often points out the issue of marginal deterrence. Examples that we point to include mass public shooters. Suppose the Nashville Covenant School mass murderer had lived and faced six life...
CPRC in the News: Washington Examiner, Washington Times, Instapundit, Reuters, Sun Sentinel, and more
. . . Writing in The Federalist, a conservative online magazine, Crime Prevention Research Center President John Lott said the laws don’t give wrongly accused gun owners enough power to protect their interests. “Congress never authorized the U.S. Department of Justice...
At The Tennessean: My husband was killed in a ‘gun free zone.’ Arm teachers for safety and to save lives.
The CPRC's Nikki Goeser has a new op-ed in the Tennessean. . My husband Ben and I used to run a mobile karaoke business in Nashville. . Every Thursday evening, we would load up our vehicle and head to a popular restaurant to help facilitate a night of good music and...
Talking to Colion Noir: On Rising Crime and the Bias in Artificial Intelligence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxGcyl1IgEs&t=4s Colion Noir talked to Dr. John Lott about our research on how AI chatbots' biases on crime and gun control. They also discussed our research on the collapse in law enforcement and the rise in crime.











