WGBH A History of Violence AUDIO: Has the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut sounded the alarm that as a country we need to think long and hard about our relationship with guns and our culture of violence? Our guest, Northeastern University criminologist Jack Levin, says that as horrific as this recent mass shooting is, we also need to remember the […]
Prior to Harmony Montgomery’s disappearance, a series of police visits and a father’s history of violence “It is troubling,” said Margo Lindauer, director of the Domestic Violence Institute at Northeastern University. “I think reasonable minds could agree that maybe that person isn’t a safe placement for a child.”
San Antonio Express-News Are mass killings and domestic violence linked? James Alan Fox, a researcher at Northeastern University, said most mass killings are not preceded by a history of domestic violence. “Let’s just say hypothetically that domestic violence was present in a majority of those cases,” he said. “There are 10 million cases of domestic violence every year. There are 24 mass shootings every year. […]
Vox Is Las Vegas the worst mass shooting in US history? It’s surprisingly complicated For example, the Gun Violence Archive and Vox count any event in which four or more people were shot, but not necessarily killed, at the same general time and location. Some criminologists, such as Northeastern University professor James Alan Fox, prefer to include any shooting in which four more people are killed. Mother Jones editor […]
Police look into Wisconsin bridge shooter’s mental history Mental illness and depression are common characteristics of mass killers, but there are other factors that lead to homicidal behavior, according to Jack Levin, a professor of sociology and criminology at Northeastern University in Boston. “There are millions of Americans who are depressed, and they never kill anyone,” said Levin, a national expert on mass […]
The New Yorker Review A Regional Reign of Terror The “mundane, largely hidden violence” that loomed over Black life is the subject of Margaret A. Burnham’s new book, By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners, a work by turns shocking, moving, and thought-provoking. It merits the attention of anyone interested in the historical roots of the civil rights movement of the 1960s and, […]
Vox #MeToo must avoid “carceral feminism” Our country has an ugly history of using police and prisons to stop sexual violence, says Northeastern PhD student Alex Press.
Evaluating President Obama’s moves to tighten gun regulations President Obama announced Tuesday executive actions to curb gun violence and deaths from guns in America. Among the changes, anyone in the business of selling firearms would be required to conduct background checks. That change would close what gun control advocates say is a loophole that allows criminals to buy firearms from gun shows or […]
Elliot Rodger’s rampage shows overkill, anger, expert says A troubling portrait of Elliot Rodger is painted in a nine-month investigation by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department. Rodger was responsible for the May 23 slayings that left six UC Santa Barbara students and Rodger dead. The report said Rodger became increasingly obsessed with violence in the two years before the slayings, even searching […]
MSNBC The August 16 ‘MHP’ Syllabus All eyes were on Ferguson, Missouri this week after the shooting death of unarmed teen Michael Brown, and the subsequent protests and police agitation. Host Melissa Harris-Perry will be talking to guests on the ground in Ferguson, including a Missouri state senator and msnbc reporter Trymaine Lee. Read his latesthere. Our panel in New York […]
Still tough for Mass. teens to find summer jobs Beyond boosting a teen’s self-esteem, jobs for young people give them skills that prepare them for the workplace and full-time employment. A study released in July by the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University found that having summer jobs made it less likely that low-income teens in Boston would engage in violence. But […]