James Alan Fox
James Alan Fox is the Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy and former dean at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. Fox holds a bachelor's degree in sociology (1972), a master's degree in criminology (1974), a master's degree in statistics (1975), and a Ph.D. in sociology (1976), all from the University of Pennsylvania.Fox has written 18 books, including ''Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder, The Will to Kill: Making Sense of Senseless Murder, and Violence and Security on Campus: From Preschool through College.'' He has published dozens of journal and magazine articles, primarily in the areas of serial murder, mass shootings, intimate partner homicide, youth crime, school and campus violence, workplace violence, and capital punishment, and was the founding editor of the ''Journal of Quantitative Criminology''. He has published over 300 op-ed columns in newspapers around the country, including the ''New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and USA Today''. As a member of its Board of Contributors, his opinion columns appear frequently in ''USA Today''. Before that, he wrote a bi-weekly column in the ''Boston Herald'' and the ''Crime and Punishment'' blog for the ''Boston Globe''. He is also one of the principals in maintaining the ''Associated Press/USA Today, Northeastern University Mass Killing Database''.
Fox is known as "The Dean of Death," for his research on mass murders. ''USA Today'' says that "Fox is arguably the nation's leading criminologist." As an authority on homicide, he appears regularly on national television and radio programs, including the ''Today Show, Meet the Press, Dateline, 20/20'', and ''48 Hours''. He has been a guest numerous times on ''Oprah''.
Fox often gives lectures and expert testimony, including more than a dozen appearances before the United States Congress, and White House meetings with the President. He served on President Bill Clinton’s advisory committee on school shootings, and a Department of Education Expert Panel on Safe, Disciplined and Drug-Free Schools.
Fox has served as a visiting fellow with the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice, and an NBC News Analyst. He also chaired a blue-ribbon panel for the city of Seattle investigating the 2006 Capitol Hill massacre.
Fox was honored in 2007 by the Massachusetts Committee Against the Death Penalty with the Hugo Adam Bedau Award for excellence in capital punishment scholarship and by Northeastern University with the 2008 Klein Lectureship. Provided by Wikipedia
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Randomized response and related methods for surveying sensitive data / by Fox, James Alan
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Homicide trends in the United States / by Fox, James Alan
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Homicide trends in the United States : 1998 update / by Fox, James Alan
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The will to kill : making sense of senseless murder / by Fox, James Alan
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Forecasting crime data : an econometric analysis / by Fox, James Alan
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After-School Crime or After-School Programs Tuning in to the Prime Time for Violent Juvenile Crime and Implications for National Policy. A Report to the United States Attorney Gene... by Fox, James Alan
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Randomized response : a method for sensitive surveys / by Fox, James Alan
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The will to kill : making sense of senseless murder / by Fox, James Alan
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How to work with the media / by Fox, James Alan
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Overkill : mass murder and serial killing exposed / by Fox, James Alan
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Overkill mass murder and serial killing exposed / by Fox, James Alan
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Randomized response a method for sensitive surveys / by Fox, James Alan, Tracy, Paul E.
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The Will To Kill : Making Sense of Senseless Murder / by Fox, James Alan, Levin, Jack, 1941-, Quinet, Kenna
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America's After-School Choice The Prime Time for Juvenile Crime, or Youth Enrichment and Achievement / by Newman, Sanford A.
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