Professor James Alan Fox, Ph.D.

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• Apr 19, 2024 USA Today 25 years after Columbine shooting faded from memory.
• Sep 7, 2023 USA Today Jacksonville shooting has already faded from memory.
• Aug 8, 2023 USA Today Students head back to School
• May 4, 2023 Detroit Free Press School active shooter drills aren't making our kids safe
• Mar 3, 2023 Detroit Free Press MSU: College campus shootings aren’t common.
• Dec 20, 2022 Boston Globe The new Sandy Hook school offers lesson on safety
• Jul 9, 2022 USAToday Why Mass Shooting fear is Pervasive, not shootings themselves
• Jun 17, 2022 Dallas News Mass Murder & Mental illness
• May 27, 2022 BostonGlobe Responses to school shootings should be based on the level of risk, not the level of fear
• Feb. 16, 2022 USA  Today Cop killings: More police are getting killed in the line of duty
• Jan 14, 2022 USA  Today Michigan Oxford School Shootings
• Nov. 19, 2021 USA  Today In a win for victims and facts, Alex Jones is being held accountable for misinformation
• Oct.  4, 2021 USA  Today COVID pandemic and isolation likely pushed spike in 2020 homicides and assaults
• Oct.  3, 2021 USA  Today Sirhan Sirhan Parole
• June 10, 2021 Orlando Sentinel Pulse Shootings lingering trauma
• May 28, 2021 Mercury news reduce risk of mass shootings, prevent suicides
• Apr 18, 2021 USA  Today Indianapolis FedEx massacre
• Apr 17, 2021 USA  Today MLByouthInvestment
• Apr 5, 2021 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Proposed policy would help mayors respond to a mass shooting
• Mar 26, 2021 USA Today inconsistency-tallying-mass-shootings
• Feb 26, 2021 USA Today Immunization not ammunition
• Jan 22, 2021 USA Today Mass killings Dropped in 2020
• Oct 30, 2020 USA Today Donald Trump is wrong again
• Aug 19, 2020 USA Today Mass shootings: Limiting magazine capacity saves lives
• June12, 2020 USA Today Don't defund all police, but keep police out of school.
• May 5, 2020 USA Today Canada bans assault weapons after mass shooting.
• Dec. 18, 2020 USA Today Eastwood's 'Richard Jewell' had promise. Why'd he have to spoil it with falsehoods?.
• Dec. 3, 2019 USA Today When it comes to mass shootings, the panic is what's fueling the crisis.
• Aug. 27, 2019 Bangor Daily News Mass confusion around mass shootings
• Aug. 19, 2019 Boston Globe Mass shootings vs. mass killings
• Aug. 19, 2019 USA Today Trump plan to head off mass killings is wishful thinking
• Aug. 9, 2019 USA Today Media should spend less time humanizing shooters
• July 23, 2019 USA Today Kyoto Animation arson killings
• June 3, 2019 USA Today Virginia beach shooting
• May. 24, 2019 USA Today Joe Biden reduced murders, reformed criminal justice policy
• Apr. 19, 2019 USA Today Columbine tragedy 20 years later
• Mar. 15, 2019 USA Today New Zealand shootings
• Mar. 13, 2019 USA Today Background check proposals won't stop gun violence
• Feb. 20, 2019 USA Today Military-style guards with guns in schools
• Dec. 21, 2018 USA Today No names or photos won't stop mass shooters
• Nov. 13, 2018 Boston Globe Mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, CA.
• Sep. 26, 2018 USA Today The crime rate was lower last year than previous years
• Aug. 6, 2018 USA Today America's increasing panic over active shooters
• June 7, 2018 USA Today Santa Fe Education chief's decision to ignore guns
• June 5, 2018 USA Today Red flag gun laws save lives
• May. 18, 2018 USA Today Santa Fe Texas School Shooting
• Feb. 23, 2018 USA Today Trump's awful plan to arm teachers
• Feb. 22, 2018 CrimeReport Why Panic is the Wrong Response to Mass Shootings.
• Feb. 19, 2018 USA Today School shootings are not the new normal.
• Dec. 14, 2017 USA Today Five years after Sandy Hook.
• Nov. 15, 2017 USA Today Domestic violence is a tragedy.
• Nov. 9, 2017 USA Today Will concealed carry stop next Sutherland Springs slaughter in gun-toting Texas?
• Oct. 3, 2017 USA Today How do we prevent future Stephen Paddocks?
• Oct. 2, 2017 USA Today No, the Las Vegas attack wasn't a 'new normal'
• July 20, 2017 USA Today O.J. gets an early release, but the real guilty party is the fawning media
• June 15, 2017 USA Today Hodgkinson showed all the signs before he shot Rep. Steve Scalise
• June 6, 2017 USA Today Imagine if London terrorists had guns
• Mar. 1, 2017 USA Today Five flaws in Trump's crime agenda
• Jan. 11, 2017 USA Today Dylann Roof got what he asked for - death
• Jan. 4, 2017 USA Today Guns, road rage and a tragic trend
• Dec. 7, 2016 USA Today Could we let the mob decide parole?
• June 19, 2016 USA Today As the next mass shooting looms
• June 12, 2016 USA Today Hate doesn't have to be terror to kill
• June 2, 2016 USA Today UCLA shooting pushes panic button
• April 21, 2016 Boston Globe Rod Matthews has earned a second chance
• February 29, 2016 USA Today Defending Hillary Clinton for her use of the term “superpredator” during a 1996 speech.
• February 25, 2016 Boston Globe What the exoneration of George Perrot means for the criminal justice system
• February 18, 2016 USA Today Soft on crime turns out to be smart on crime
• December 7, 2015 USA Today You're not about to die in a mass shooting
• December 3, 2015 USA Today In San Bernardino, focus on the murderous partnership
• October 2, 2015 USA Today Umpqua shooting - a tragedy, not a trend
• September 27, 2015 USA Today NFL arrests overhyped
• August 25, 2015 USA Today Aging our children
• August 9, 2015 USA Today Police recklessness, not racism
• July 26, 2015 USA Today Airports are blind to fliers like me
• July 12, 2015 USA Today Better background check wouldn't have stopped Charleston
• June 22, 2015 NY Daily News Violence, beyond black & white
• June 18, 2015 USA Today Churches, like schools, give haters an exact target
• June 4, 2015 USA Today No, there's no new murder epidemic
• June 4, 2015 NYTimes dont-fear-monger-over-narrow-measures-of-crime
• May 15, 2015 USA Today Tsarnaev death expensive justice
• May 6, 2015 USA Today Remember moms behind bars
• April 8, 2015 USA Today Why Tsarnaev should not get the death penalty
• April 4, 2015 LATimes Better to pre-habilitate children than rehabilitate killers
• March 16, 2015 USA Today Why trying kids as adults is unjust
• February 24, 2015 USA Today guns and sexual assault
• January 5, 2015 USA Today Will marathon bomber trial bring closure?
• December 18, 2104 USA Today Make Miller retroactive
• December 8, 2014 USA Today invisible security
• Novemeber 19, 2014 USA Today Lovesick over Charles Manson. Really?
• October 24, 2014 CNN truth about serial killings
• October 23, 2014 USA Today Serial killers find prostitutes easy prey
• August 24, 2014 USA Today Sandy Hook no reason to scare kids to death
• August 11, 2014 USA Today Sex assault surveys not the answer
• July 27, 2014 USA Today Death penalty becomes cruel and usual
• July 15, 2014 Minnesota Star Tribune Baseball's move away from kids
• July 10, 2014 USAToday Houston mass murder
• May 25, 2014 USA Today Why mass killers need to explain their plan
• April 14, 2014 USA Today Focus on marathon resiliency, not tragedy
• April 7, 2014 USA Today Quit abusing 'active shooter' term
• February 16, 2014 USA Today Moms, mayors offer misguided message on guns
• December 11, 2013 USA Today Nancy Lanza was a victim too
• October 22, 2013 USA Today Nevada school shooting shows limits of security
• September 24, 2013 USA Today Mentally ill doesn't mean murderer
• August 29, 2013 USA Today Don't give Hasan the martyrdom he wants
• August 22, 2013 USA Today Oklahoma killing fits 'shared misunderstanding'
• August 14, 2013 USA Today Bulger deserves to be forgotten
• July 14, 2013 NY Daily News Baseball has abandoned the kids
• July 10, 2013 Boston bombing suspect's fate
• April 23, 2013 USAToday column on marathon bombing 2
• April 15, 2013 USAToday column on marathon bombing 1
• March 24, 2013 NYDN column on videogames
• February 9, 2013 CNN column on Rampage and revenge
• January 16, 2013 USAToday column on presidents gun plan
• December 16, 2012 USA Today column Keep Conn. shooting in context
• July 23, 2012 USA Today column on Aurora shooting
• July 20, 2012 CNN column on guns and the Aurora mass murder
• June27, 2012 Boston Globe column on the Supreme Court decision on JLWOP
• June 9, 2012 Seattle Times column on guns and mass murder
• April 10, 2011 USA Today column on campus shootings
• February 18, 2012 Boston Globe column on jail/prison emergency preparedness
• January 17, 2012 Worcester Telegram column on punishing juvenile homicide
• September 8, 2011 The Crime Report column on TSA
• July 11, 2011 Boston Herald column on the Noway mass murder
• July 2, 2011 The Crime Report column on violent video games
• January 12, 2011 New York Times forum contribution on guns and crime
• September 1, 2010 Boston Herald column on why anti-bullying programs fail
• August 22, 2010 Hartford Courant column workplace violence risk
• August 4, 2010 Boston Herald column on victims' families and sentencing
• July 10, 2010 Boston Globe column on the parent child priviledge
• July 1, 2010 New York Times forum column on the McDonald v. Chicago decision
• June 24, 2010 USA Today column on angry cstomers
• March 3, 2010 New York Times forum column on the Chicago handgun ban
• February 14, 2010 Chronicle of Higher Ed column on Amy Bishop
• October 11, 2009 USA Today column on the Fort Hood massacre
• September 17, 2009 CNN online column on "persons of interest"
• August 7, 2009 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette column on LA Fitness club shooting
• July 30, 2009 Boston.com column on Charles Baker and capital punishment costs
• May 3, 2009 Chicago Tribune column on "second-hand" music
• April 24, 2009 Boston Globe column on Philip Markoff's fiancee
• March 12, 2009 CNN online column on mass murderers
• February 4, 2009 USA Today column on rise in black youth homicide
• January 15, 2009 North County/California column on black homicide statistics
• November 14, 2008 Chronicle of Higher Education column on graduate students
• August 15, 2008 Chicago Tribune column on visual impairment
• July 4, 2008 Chronicle of Higher Ed column on active shooter training for students
• June 14, 2008 Boston Herald column on homelessness
• April 16, 2008 New York Times column on the anniversary of the VA Tech shooting
• March 18, 2008 Ventura County Star column on life skills educaiton
• February 29, 2008 Chronicle of Higher Education column on campus security
• December 5, 2007 USA Today column on black homicide rates
• August 31, 2007 Boston Globe column on VT report regarding warning signs
• August 28, 2007 USA Today column on safety on college campuses
• April 18, 2007 USA Today column on blame in the Virginia Tech Shooting
• April 18, 2007 Boston Globe column on media focus on mass shooting record
• April 17, 2007 Los Angeles Times column on the Virginia Tech massacre
• January 25, 2007 Boston Globe column on Lincoln-Sudbury High School stabbing
• October 16, 2006 Boston Herald column on two national crime summits
• October 9, 2006 Boston Herald column on crime debate in gubernatorial race
• October 4, 2006 Boston Herald column on school security
• September 25, 2006 Boston Herald column on Healey's death penalty proposal
• September 11, 2006 Boston Herald column on airport security
• August 30, 2006 Boston Herald column on John Mark Karr
• August 28, 2006 Boston Herald column on truancy
• August 14, 2006 Boston Herald column on gun laws
• July 30, 2006 Boston Herald column on sex offenders and housing values
• July 25, 2006 Boston Herald column on loud music
• July 17, 2006 Boston Herald column on federal cuts in policing
• July 3, 2006 Boston Herald column on Rescue Me's spousal rape scene
• June 19, 2006 Boston Herald column on lethal injection
• June 13, 2006 Boston Herald column on new crime statistics
• June 6, 2006 Boston Herald column on evacuation routes
• May 22, 2006 Boston Herald column on a woman's decision to turn in her son
• May 8, 2006 Boston Herald column on the adult punishment for juvenile murderers
• April 24, 2006 Boston Herald column on the Amber Alert stamp
• April 10, 2006 Boston Herald column on the civility of baseball
• March 27, 2006 Boston Herald column on short-term homicide trends
• March 13, 2006 Boston Herald column on meth
• February 27, 2006 Boston Herald column on Mississippi Sex Offender Billboards
• February 22, 2006 Boston Herald column on Neil Entwistle
• February 13, 2006 Boston Herald column on sociopathic wife killers
• January 30, 2006 Boston Herald column on racial profiling in seatbelt enforcement
• January 16, 2006 Boston Herald column on anti-gang legislation
• January 2, 2006 Boston Herald column on Boston's homicide tally
• Deember 23, 2005 Boston Herald column on MCI family reunification program
• December 19, 2005 Boston Herald column on violent video games
• December 16, 2005 Boston Herald column on the Dorchester mass murder
• December 5, 2005 Boston Herald column on gun industry immunity law
• November 28, 2005 Boston Herald column on Thanksgiving behind bars
• Novemnber 21, 2005 Boston Herald column on killer art
• November 14, 2005 Boston Herald column on recruiting security guards
• October 31, 2005 Boston Herald column on Glorifying Evil
• October 17, 2005 Boston Herald column on Operation Starting Line
• October 5, 2005 Boston Herald column on championship game times
• September 26, 2005 Boston Herald column on Melanie's Bill for repeat drunk drivers
• September 12, 2005 Boston Herald column on the evacuation of New Orleans jails
• August 29, 2005 Boston Herald column on bullying
• August 15, 2005 Boston Herald column on road rage
• July 18, 2005 Boston Herald op-ed on Gov. Romney's death penalty bill
• July 5, 2005 Detroit Free Press op-ed on the MLB All Star Game
• March 5, 2005 USA Today op-ed on blame in the BTK case
• October 31, 2004 Washington Post op-ed on the Boston post-victory rioting
• October 15, 2004 Boston Globe op-ed on teaching life skills
• May 2004 column on school violence in District Administration
• May 10, 2004 Boston Globe op-ed on the cost of capital punishment
• April 21, 2004 Newsday op-ed on Bush and police funding
• April 19, 2004 USA Today op-ed on Columbine's 5th anniversary
• February 20, 2004 Boston Globe op-ed on the presumed Boston crime wave
• February 9, 2004 USA Today op-ed on executing juveniles
• February 5, 2004 Boston Herald op-ed on post-Super Bowl riot
• January 4, 2004 Hartford Courant op-ed on female arrest rates
• December 9, 2003 USA Today op-ed on snipers
• December 1, 2003 Boston Globe op-ed on gang homicide
• September 2003 report of bullying (with Fight Crime-Invest in Kids)
• September 28, 2003 Boston Globe op-ed on DNA and the death penalty
• August 29, 2003 Chicago Tribune op-ed on workplace violence
• July 21, 2003 Boston Herald op-ed on juvenile curfews
• October 24, 2002 Newsday USA op-ed on sniper suspects
• October 24, 2002 USA op-ed on serial killer monikers
• October 23, 2002 Boston Globe op-ed on the DC sniper as domestic terrorism
• October 23, 2002 Christian Science Monitor op-ed domestic terrorists
• August 20, 2002 New York Times op-ed on Amber alert
• July 21, 2002 Boston Globe op-ed on child abductions
• July 9, 2002 Milwaukee Journal op-ed on MLB All Star game
• November 4, 2001 Boston Globe op-ed on terrorism and lessons of Columbine
• August 4, 2001 Boston Herald op-ed on prison populations
• September 2, 2001 Boston Globe op-ed on movie ratings
• June 13, 2001 Boston Globe op-ed on coverage of McVeigh execution
• March 11, 2001 Boston Globe op-ed on copycat school shootings
• March 8, 2001 San Diego News-Tribune op-ed on Santana High shooting
• March 4, 2001 Buffalo News op-ed on Timothy McVeigh's execution
• March 3, 2001 Manchester Union-Leader op-ed on prosecution of juvenile in Dartmouth murder case
• February 19, 2001 Boston Herald McViegh Public Display of Vengeance No Deterrent
• February 11, 2001 Boston Globe op-ed on angry customers who kill
• February 7, 2001 Boston Herald op-ed on slasher films and murder
• December 31, 2000 Boston Globe op-ed on workplace avenger profile
• December 31, 2000 Boston Herald op-ed on risk of workplace homicide
• November 14, 2000 Boston Golbe Electoral College Column
• July 2, 2000 Boston Globe Juvenile Justice column
• June 8, 2000 Boston Herald Train Tragedy column
• April 16, 2000 Dallas Morning News op-ed on Columbine anniversary
• April 4, 2000 Boston Globe op-ed for crime trends
• December 28, 1999 Christian Science Monitor op-ed on parental responsibility truancy laws 
• September 19, 1999 Boston Herald op-ed on predicting school violence
• April 20, 1999 Boston Globe op-ed on racial profiling in traffic stops

 
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