Other types of crime statistics, including the National Crime Victimization Survey, show current levels of violent crime far lower than their peaks in the early 1990s. . . . Louis Jacobson, "Joe Biden is correct that violent crime is near a 50-year low,"...
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New Research: How does concealed carrying of weapons affect violent crime?
Professor Carl Moody and Dr. John Lott just released new research. The paper can be downloaded here. Abstract Several articles have been published finding that carry concealed weapons (CCW) laws allowing citizens with a concealed carry permit to go about with a...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 28 Cases During February 2024
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, February 2, 2024 (6abc Action News) Upper Darby police say at about 12:30 a.m., a white Kia sideswiped another car in the 300 block of Richfield Road. The victim followed the car, looking to have a word with the driver when they were stopped...
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu supports not prosecuting shoplifting, larceny, disorderly conduct, receiving stolen property
Any guess what will happen to the number of shoplifting and other crimes? Don't people understand that this type of policy will increase the crime rate? Then, Wu was asked whether she supported a do-not-prosecute list enacted by the former Suffolk County...
The Washington Times: Don’t defend yourself in New York City: If you do, you will be prosecuted
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the Washington Times. . The message in New York City is clear: don’t try defending yourself or anyone else from violence. If you do, you will be prosecuted by the city’s District Attorneys. . New Yorkers are likely to be very familiar...
Public Speech in São Paulo, Brazil on July 5th
Dr. John Lott will give talks in Santiago, Chile, at the end of June and then travel to Brazil, where he will give more talks.
CPRC’s Nikki Goeser on Armed American Radio: Teachers carrying guns to protect students in Tennessee
Senior Fellow Nikki Goeser speaks with host Mark Walters about Tennessee Teachers now being able to carry concealed to protect their students. Nikki also discusses some of the media bias she has experienced when standing up for gun rights. Sunday, May 19, 2024
Is there a massive change in whether both blacks and whites believe Republicans or Democrats have done the most for blacks?
Rasmussen Reports surveyed likely voters in 2020 and 2024 to determine whether they thought Republicans or Democrats had done the most for blacks. In May 2020, only 18% of blacks thought that Republicans had done the most, but that increased to 32% in May 2024. Large...
CPRC’s Nikki Goeser on the Tudor Dixon Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJAOvDaogUw May 6, 2024 In this episode, Tudor talks with Senior Fellow of the Crime Prevention Research Center Nikki Goeser, a victims' rights advocate, who shares her story of her husband being brutally murdered by her stalker. She...
Joe Biden used Sandy Hook Memorial to meet with the Chinese to set up a $10 million/year deal for his family
The Bidens were using the Sandyhook Memorial as cover to secure his family $10 million per year from the Chinese. . 'Can you meet this evening early,' Hunter wrote. 'My father will be in New York also and he wants me to attend the Sandyhook memorial service with him...
Citizenship verification in Georgia finds that 1,600 noncitizens attempted to register to vote but were stopped by the verification
As we recently posted, Democrats now openly acknowledge their goal is to give citizenship to all illegal aliens. But, apparently, some can't wait for non-citizens to vote. Secretaries of State Brad Raffensperger (R-GA), Adrian Fontes (D-AZ), and Jocelyn Benson (D-MI)...
On Iowa’s KXEL: To Discuss Crime Data
Dr. John Lott appeared on Iowa’s giant 50,000-watt KXEL-AM radio station to discuss his new op-ed at the Wall Street Journal titled "The Media Say Crime Is Going Down. Don’t Believe It: The decline in reported crimes is a function of less reporting, not less crime."...












