Crime & Drug Policy

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Recent Crime & Drug Policy Commentaries and Blog Posts

Support for gun bans is greatest among those who know “nothing” or “not much” about gun laws.

Appeared in National Newswatch, February 9, 2023

Crime rates in Ontario have declined over a 30-year period and today remain at historic lows.

Appeared in Toronto Sun, February 9, 2023

Officers per 100,000 peaked in 2010 and then began to decline, with crime rates bottoming out around 2015.

Empirical evidence should help drive decisions about resource allocation.

Crime severity is positively and significantly related to police officers per 100,000.

Windsor, Thunder Bay, Brantford and Sudbury have the highest crime severity in the province.

Crimes rates in the province have grown since 2015, except for a sharp drop in 2020.

Research shows that previous legislation prohibiting the possession and acquisition of certain firearms made no discernable impact on homicide rates.