https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcJfMTYC320 Joe Rogan and Donald Trump discussed the Crime Prevention Research Center's work in the October 25, 2024, interview (though the center's work was not mentioned by name). Specifically, they discussed the FBI's revised...
Media Coverage
CPRC in the News: Washington Times, One America News, Townhall, Journal Gazette (Indianapolis, Indiana), and much more
Experts, though, questioned the value of registration numbers in the first place. John R. Lott Jr., president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, said it’s rare that guns are left at the scene of crimes unless the shooter was killed or seriously injured — in...
More Fox News Coverage of Our Report at Real Clear Investigations: Embattled prosecutors Gascon, Foxx endorse Harris, say Trump ‘would make us all less safe’
Our research at Real Clear Investigations on the "Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats" continues to receive extensive media attention. The top of this article also contains a video interview with me. . . . While the endorsement from Foxx, Gascon and...
More Fox News Coverage of Our Report at Real Clear Investigations: ABC debate fact-check of Trump ages poorly as FBI quietly revises violent crime statistics up
Our research at Real Clear Investigations on the "Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats" continues to receive extensive media attention. A fact-check in the ABC News presidential debate has aged poorly after the FBI quietly made a stunning...
Coverage of our work in the Washington Times: “New FBI data shows crime increased, even as Biden said it dropped”
This article by Stephen Dinan was on the front page of the Washington Times (October 18, 2024). The FBI’s latest data shows police reports of violent crime rose from 2021 to 2022, contradicting the bureau’s previous assertions and undercutting the narrative...
CPRC Report in the Real Clear Investigations in the News: Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, Townhall, National Review, and much more
Our research at Real Clear Investigations on the "Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats" continues to get a lot of media attention. A Crime Spike Revealed John Lott writes for RealClearInvestigations: When the FBI originally released the...
Fox News’ The Five Mentions Our Research, though there were multiple errors in the discussion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61GHq3t0sDE Fox News @Night With Trace Gallagher discussed our Real Clear Investigation piece on the FBI and violent crime. Dr. Lott’s new investigative piece at Real Clear Investigations is here: “Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises...
CPRC Report in the Real Clear Investigations in the News: American Thinker, Business & Politics, Tipp Insights, American Military News, The Times of India, and much more
Our research at Real Clear Investigations on the "Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats" continues to receive extensive media attention. John R. Lott, the President of the Crime Prevention Research Center, drives...
Even More Coverage of Our Real Clear Investigations Report, CPRC in the News: The Daily Wire, The Federalist, American Thinker, Broad & Liberty, Patriot Post, and More
Multiple legacy media outlets that covered the FBI’s report on violent crime going down in 2022 have ignored the bureau’s major revision,which shows that violent crime increased that year. In September 2023, the FBI claimed that data showed violent crime...
Glenn Beck Show Discusses Our Work
The Glenn Beck Show discussed our Real Clear Investigation piece on the FBI and violent crime. Dr. Lott's new investigative piece at Real Clear Investigations is here: "Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats." Glenn Beck's show is listened to by 8.75...
FBI Finally Responds to the Real Clear Investigations Research that Shows the FBI Secretly Changed 2022 Crime Data from a Drop to an Increase. Kansas City Star: “Judging from the ridiculous answer the FBI sent me, the right-wing media reports are true.”
A writer at the Kansas City Star, David Mastio, received a response from the FBI (we never did). Mastio's bottom line is: "Here’s what I’ve learned in decades of covering Washington: When bad news is false, agency press people go out of their way to make it crystal...
At Fox News: FBI quietly updates crime data to show big jump in violence under Biden-Harris admin: ‘Shocking’
Dr. John Lott spoke to Fox News Digital regarding how the FBI updated its violent crime stats for 2022, showing an increase in violent crimes, not a decrease. (Fox News, Wednesday, October 16, 2024) https://youtu.be/HSbeNHT99PM The Federal Bureau of...











