James Alan Fox is The Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law and Public Policy at Northeastern University. He has written 18 books, including The Will to Kill: Making Sense of Senseless Murder, and Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder, and Violence and Security on Campus: From Preschool to College. He has published dozens of journal and magazine articles, primarily in the areas of multiple murder, youth crime, school and campus violence, workplace violence, and capital punishment. He has also published over 200 op-ed columns in newspapers, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe and USA Today, and wrote a bi-weekly column in the Boston Herald in 2006-2007.  As an authority on homicide, he has appeared frequently on national television programs, including the Today Show, Meet the Press, Dateline, 20/20, and Oprah. He served as a consulting contributor for Fox News following the 9/11 terrorist attacks and as an NBC News Analyst during the DC Sniper case. Professor Fox often gives expert testimony, including 16 appearances before the U.S. Congress, White House meetings with President and Mrs. Clinton and Vice President Gore on youth violence, private briefings to Attorney General Reno on trends in violence. He served on President Clinton’s advisory committee on school shootings, and a Department of Education Expert Panel on Safe, Disciplined and Drug-Free Schools.