James Alan Fox The Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law and Public Policy j.fox@neu.edu 617.373.3296 Expertise capital punishment, multiple murder, school and campus violence, workplace violence, youth crime James Alan Fox in the Press Article Newsweek Victimology vs. Violence in the Study of Criminology | Opinion “What we teach is ‘how come?’ Not ‘how,’” noted James Allen Fox, a criminology professor at Northeastern University. “Studying Criminology is not going to make you a criminal, and it’s not going to make you a better criminal.” Article When a Criminology Student Turns Criminal “Studying criminology is not going to make you a criminal, and it’s not going to make you a better criminal,” said James Allan Fox, a longtime professor of criminology at Northeastern University and the former dean of its College of Criminal Justice. “What we teach is ‘how come?’ Not ‘how.’” Article The Associated Press Utah murder-suicide underscores frequency of family killings Family mass killings immediately capture the attention of people in a community, but rarely garner the level of national attention received by mass killings at schools, places of worship or restaurants, said James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University who has studied familicides and mass killings for decades. Article The Associated Press Police: 6-year-old shoots teacher in Virginia classroom A school shooting involving a 6-year-old is extremely rare, said James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Boston’s Northeastern University. Article ITV Virginia teacher shot by six-year-old pupil now in ‘stable condition’ A school shooting involving a 6-year-old is extremely rare, said James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Boston’s Northeastern University. Article The new Sandy Hook school offers lesson on safety Article by James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology, law, and public policy at Northeastern University and author of “Violence and Security on Campus: From Preschool through College.” Article ‘Family tragedy’: 10-year-old Wisconsin boy charged as adult in fatal shooting of mother In 2018, James Alan Fox from Northeastern University told the Associated Press there were only 44 children age 10 or younger who were believed to be responsible for homicides in the U.S. from 2007 to 2016. Article 2022 Is the Deadliest Year Yet for U.S. Mass Shootings, New Data Shows There have been 36 fatal mass shootings in 2022 so far, including 15 since Oct. 3, said James Alan Fox, a professor of Criminology, Law and Public Policy at Northeastern University. Article Newsweek Which Halloween Pranks Can Land Jokesters in Jail? L.A. Lawyer Explains Northeastern University professor James Alan Fox published data in 2013 indicating that violent crime increases on Halloween night. Article Vegas survivors signal hope even as mass shootings march on The massacre is part of a horrifying uptick of shootings with especially high numbers of people killed, said James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology, law and public policy at Northeastern University in Boston. James Alan Fox for Northeastern Global News The story behind the data on mass murder in the United States The story behind the data on mass murder in the United States Faculty Reads, Volume Three Faculty Reads, Volume Three Report: Surge in Homicides Involving Young Black Males and Guns Report: Surge in Homicides Involving Young Black Males and Guns Northeastern University Faculty Present and Accounted for at 2008 American Sociological Association Annual Meeting Northeastern University Faculty Present and Accounted for at 2008 American Sociological Association Annual Meeting
Article Newsweek Victimology vs. Violence in the Study of Criminology | Opinion “What we teach is ‘how come?’ Not ‘how,’” noted James Allen Fox, a criminology professor at Northeastern University. “Studying Criminology is not going to make you a criminal, and it’s not going to make you a better criminal.”
Article When a Criminology Student Turns Criminal “Studying criminology is not going to make you a criminal, and it’s not going to make you a better criminal,” said James Allan Fox, a longtime professor of criminology at Northeastern University and the former dean of its College of Criminal Justice. “What we teach is ‘how come?’ Not ‘how.’”
Article The Associated Press Utah murder-suicide underscores frequency of family killings Family mass killings immediately capture the attention of people in a community, but rarely garner the level of national attention received by mass killings at schools, places of worship or restaurants, said James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University who has studied familicides and mass killings for decades.
Article The Associated Press Police: 6-year-old shoots teacher in Virginia classroom A school shooting involving a 6-year-old is extremely rare, said James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Boston’s Northeastern University.
Article ITV Virginia teacher shot by six-year-old pupil now in ‘stable condition’ A school shooting involving a 6-year-old is extremely rare, said James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Boston’s Northeastern University.
Article The new Sandy Hook school offers lesson on safety Article by James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology, law, and public policy at Northeastern University and author of “Violence and Security on Campus: From Preschool through College.”
Article ‘Family tragedy’: 10-year-old Wisconsin boy charged as adult in fatal shooting of mother In 2018, James Alan Fox from Northeastern University told the Associated Press there were only 44 children age 10 or younger who were believed to be responsible for homicides in the U.S. from 2007 to 2016.
Article 2022 Is the Deadliest Year Yet for U.S. Mass Shootings, New Data Shows There have been 36 fatal mass shootings in 2022 so far, including 15 since Oct. 3, said James Alan Fox, a professor of Criminology, Law and Public Policy at Northeastern University.
Article Newsweek Which Halloween Pranks Can Land Jokesters in Jail? L.A. Lawyer Explains Northeastern University professor James Alan Fox published data in 2013 indicating that violent crime increases on Halloween night.
Article Vegas survivors signal hope even as mass shootings march on The massacre is part of a horrifying uptick of shootings with especially high numbers of people killed, said James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology, law and public policy at Northeastern University in Boston.