U.S. News AP Exclusive: Documents show how university responded to theater shooter’s homicidal thoughts “There’s no reliable way we can identify those few who will pick up a gun and start shooting people from the vast number who might seem odd or unusual or even scary,” said James Alan Fox, a Northeastern University criminologist who has studied and written about mass killings. “You can’t predict it. Did they do […]
A law degree is no job guarantee To the Editor: Steven J. Harper unfairly assesses the number of American law students based on employment statistics rather than on the more salient fact that so many Americans cannot afford legal services. No one would say we had an oversupply of medical students if millions of Americans resorted to self-medication and treatment because they […]
Psychiatrist, campus police officer knew James Holmes wanted to kill “There’s no reliable way we can identify th ose few who will pick up a gun and start shooting people from the vast number who might seem odd or unusual or even scary,” said James Alan Fox, a Northeastern University criminologist who has studied and written about mass killings. “You can’t predict it. Did they […]
Boston.com The tiger mom tax: Asians are nearly twice as likely to get a higher price from Princeton Review In 2014, researchers at Northeastern University found that top Web sites, such as Home Depot, Orbitz and Travelocity, were steering some users toward more expensive products. And this year, another study found that users who were identified by Google as female received fewer ads for a high-paying job.
Psychology is not in crisis Boston — IS psychology in the midst of a research crisis? An initiative called the Reproducibility Project at the University of Virginia recently reran 100 psychology experiments and found that over 60 percent of them failed to replicate — that is, their findings did not hold up the second time around. The results, published last […]
Move over, millennials. Gen Z is new target audience To the older consumers, it’s more obvious a product is being advertised when brands post content on social media. But teens do not see it this way, said Northeastern University communications professor Brooke Foucault Welles, who researches high schoolers’ social media habits. Gen Z sees the content as experiences they want to remake. “They really […]
The Christian Science Monitor How Baltimore is addressing spike in violent crime (+video) “There are certain cities that have had short term spikes, but we would not be noticing it were it not for fact that we have seen some successes over the past few years,” James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology at Northeastern University, told The Christian Science Monitor in June.
Finding solidarity in disaster Yet that does not mean that government policy is unimportant. Daniel Aldrich, a political scientist, showed that in a series of Asian disasters, villages with stronger and more participatory local government rebuilt faster and better. Building infrastructure for tighter and more successful communities is the business of government, and it can be pursued through policies […]
NECN Cyclists ride from ground zero to Boston Marathon finish line Three hundred cyclist crossed the Boston Marathon finish line after a grueling four-day ride from Ground Zero in New York. “It’s a fun ride, you meet a ton of people,” said Northeastern University police officer Bob Maloney. “Very tiring, but I love it and it’s a great ride. Maloney was one of 60 from the […]
WGBH J.W. Carney, Deflategate, Trump event & Allston Christmas Criminal Defense Attorney J.W. Carney discusses the New Hampshire prep school rape case. Northeastern University Law Professor Roger Abrams (@rogeriabrams) and sports reporter Chris Collins (@HeyCollins) talk deflategate. WGBH’s Adam Reilly (@reillyadam) goes on an Allston Christmas adventure.
Scott Walker’s Canadian wall idea is an absurd solution to a real problem “I don’t think it’s at all ridiculous for the United States to take that threat seriously,” said Max Abrahms, a Northeastern University professor who studies terrorism. “For instance, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if Islamists were sent via the northern border to attack the United States. That hasn’t, of course, been the current strategy.”
NBC Connecticut New video games teaches ins and outs of court A new program aims to give people confidence when they head to court by helping them to understand the judicial system.