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\"DSS<\/a>On Sept. 9, Dr. James Alan Fox will be kicking off the Distinguished Speaker Series in Winter Park at Cocina 214<\/a>.
\nFox will be speaking about \u201cMass Shootings in America: Myths and Realities.\u201d Specifically, he will talk about how these events are more methodical than people imagine and that increasing our understanding of mass murders can help us start to decrease their violence.
\nHe will be discussing policies that are more likely to be successful in dealing with and preventing mass shootings as well as policies that will likely be ineffective due to faulty reasoning.
\nAbout the Speaker<\/strong> <\/span>
\nAt Northeastern University in Boston, Fox is The Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law and Public Policy.
\nHe has written 18 books and published dozens of journal and magazine articles primarily on multiple murder, youth crime, school and campus violence, workplace violence and capital punishment. But, he didn\u2019t stop there. Fox has also published over 200 op-ed columns in newspapers across the nation. As a member of its Board of Contributors, Fox regularly writes for USA Today and has blogged on \u201cCrime and Punishment\u201d for the Boston Globe in the past. He was also profiled in a two-part cover story in USA Today, which described him as \u201carguably the nation\u2019s foremost criminologist,\u201d in feature stories in the New York Times and the Scientific American, as well as in other media outlets.
\nBetween writing and being interviewed, he spent time serving as a consulting contributor for Fox News after the 9\/11 terrorist attacks and as an NBC News Analyst during the DC Sniper case. He served on President Clinton\u2019s advisory committee on school shootings and was a visiting fellow with the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics focusing on the measurement of homicide trends.
\nFor more information on Dr. James Alan Fox and to RSVP visit his Distinguished Speaker Series\u00a0<\/a>page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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