Fox News reporter Emma Colton interviewed Dr. John Lott for this news article. This article was also translated into Spanish via "Tripulante Mx," Polish, and Brazilian. . . . . "When David Muir goes and says the FBI shows that crime is down, that's not what the FBI is...
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U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Commissioner Peter Kirsanow talks about the Hostility of Progressives Towards Dr. Lott
John Lott Jr., former senior adviser for research and statistics at the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, was one of the witnesses at the hearing that had adduced the data on which the commission’s report is based. (Lott has testified before the...
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Trump was correct, as Crime Prevention Research Center president John R. Lott Jr. wrote in a detailed piece published the next day: In fact, Trump was correct about the increase in crime under Biden. While violent crime fell by 17 percent under Trump, Biden...
More Coverage of our Work on How Crime has Increased during the Biden Administration: The New York Post, NewsMax, The Daily Signal Podcast, Breitbart, PJ Media, and More
Our work pointing to the Bureau of Justice Statistics' National Crime Victimization Survey and that it shows that violent crime has increased under Biden has gotten significant news attention. Amusingly, ABC News has refused to respond to requests for comment from...
Front Page of the Washington Times Covers Our Research: “Data backs up Trump on crime increase, violence up under Biden-Harris administration”
Here is part of the article that the Washington Times just published. . . . Both are statistically unchanged from 2022 but are significantly higher than in 2020, the last year under President Trump. The data said Americans aren’t reporting some of the most common...
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In the op-ed, published by the New York Post, Lott explained that there are two ways of examining occurrences of violent crime: One is the measure of those crimes reported to police and the other is the measure of those crimes which were not reported. . . . AWR...
Coverage in the New York Post: “Trump warns cops in ‘more danger’ than ever from ‘Kamala’s crime wave,’ as he touts union endorsement”
Dr. Lott's held a press briefing on Friday on our work on the rise in crime over the last few years. Dr. John Lott, the president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, also shared startling statistics about the rise in unreported violent crimes during President...
At Breitbart: “Expert: Data Indicate Violent Crime Is Not Declining, It Is Just Not Being Reported”
Dr. John Lott participated in a press briefing on the crime data today with about 30 reporters on whether crime is increasing or decreasing. Below is the beginning of a news story from Breitbart on the presentation. CBS News also asked Lott a question, but they and...
President Trump references the Crime Prevention Center Research on Crime Rates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKs69OEpzqQ Trump: "And we had a couple of instances last night where things were mentioned. So I got it. Did crime rise under Trump and fall under Biden? They said it rose under Trump and and they go, No, the opposite is true. Take a...
Washington Times Covers Our Research: “Harris boasts of falling crime as victims say it’s increasing”
Stephen Dinan at the Washington Times has a long article that was motivated by our work on whether crime rates are going up or down. Here is part of his article that directly discusses our work. . . . “The question is: Do you want to look at only crimes reported to...
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. . . I don’t believe firearms are the leading cause of death for children. One should not accept the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as the only or most reliable data source. I challenge Murthy to investigate data from the Crime Prevention Research Center...
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Instead of relying on incomplete FBI data, Republicans point to the Bureau of Justice Statistics National Crime Victimization Survey, which John Lott, founder of the Crime Prevention Research Center, tells RCP is the “gold standard” in crime statistics because it...