Education
Fox holds a bachelor"s degree in sociology (1972), a master"s degree in criminology (1974), a master"s degree in statistics (1975), and a Doctor of Philosophy in sociology (1976), all from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Fox holds a bachelor"s degree in sociology (1972), a master"s degree in criminology (1974), a master"s degree in statistics (1975), and a Doctor of Philosophy in sociology (1976), all from the University of Pennsylvania.
He is the Lipman Family Professor of Criminal Justice and former dean at Northeastern University. He has published 15 books and dozens of journal and magazine articles and newspaper columns. Fox is known as "The Dean of Death," for his research on mass murders.
United States of America Today says that "Fox is arguably the nation"s leading criminologist." As an authority on homicide, he appears regularly on national television and radio programs, including the Today Show, Meet the Press, Dateline, 20/20, and 48 Hours.
He has been a guest numerous times on Oprah. Fox often gives lectures and expert testimony, including appearances before the United States Congress, and White House meetings with the President.
He served on President Bill Clinton’s advisory committee on school shootings, and a Department of Education Expert Panel on Safe, Disciplined and Drug-Free Schools. Fox has served as a visiting fellow with the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the United States. Department of Justice, and an National Broadcasting Company News Analyst.
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