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James Alan Fox

James Alan Fox

Contributor at USA Today

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James Alan Fox
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Northeastern professor’s Mass Killings Database goes public

The longest-running and most extensive data source on mass killings reveals 2,646 people in the U.S. have died in 504 events over 17 years.
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Why mass shootings fear is so pervasive: misleading statistics and ...

Seeing is believing, and it is easy to believe that mass shootings are a epidemic when the news coverage is saturated with stories of pain and agony.
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RFK’s murder is a crime that devastated America. Deny parole for Ke...

Sirhan Sirhan eligible for parole because of quirk in law. While I believe in second chances, Calif. governor must maintain justice for heinous crime.
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Is the new Texas gun law based on a misconception about mass shooti...

A desire for self-defense during mass shootings is often cited as a reason for loosening restrictions on people carrying handguns. But James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern, says that mass shootings account for fewer than 2 percent of firearm-related casualties in the United States.
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Immunization not ammunition: School safety means fewer guns

New research shows that armed guards inspire more schoolyard bloodshed.
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Death penalty becomes cruel and usual: Column

Arizona’s two-hour execution the latest example. And sympathy seems in short supply.

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