Randomized Response and Related Methods: Surveying Sensitive Data

About James Alan Fox

James Alan Fox is the Lipman Family Professor of Criminology Law and Public Policy at Northeastern University. He has published 18 books dozens of journal and magazine articles as well as hundreds of freelance columns in newspapers around the country primarily in the areas of multiple murder youth crime school and campus violence workplace violence and capital punishment. As a member of its Board of Contributors his opinion column appears frequently in USAToday. Fox led the investigation of Seattles Capitol Hill mass shooting and was part of the task force investigating the serial murder of college students in Gainesville Florida. He also served on President Clintons advisory committee on school shootings and a Department of Education Expert Panel on Safe Disciplined and Drug-Free Schools. In addition he has been retained as an expert witness/consultant in several mass shooting cases including the recent massacres at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs Texas and the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida. Fox is one of the principals in maintaining the Associated Press/USA Today/Northeastern University Mass Killing Database. Finally he has received several awards and honors for his work including the Hugo Adam Bedau Award for excellence in capital punishment scholarship.