JACK LEVIN Co-Director, the Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict The Brudnick Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Criminology Northeastern University , MA 02115 Cell: (781) 789-9007; home (781) 784-7362

e-mail: [email protected] Northeastern U e-mail: [email protected] Website: https://jacklevinonviolence.com/ Brudnick Website: https://cssh.northeastern.edu/brudnickcenter/

EDUCATION

Boston University, Boston, MA., Ph.D., 1968, Sociology Boston University, Boston, MA., M.S., 1965, Communication Research American International College, Springfield, MA.,B.A., 1963, Sociology

TEACHING

Professor, Northeastern University 1980-2016 Associate Professor, Northeastern University 1975-1980 Assistant Professor, Northeastern University 1970-1975 Assistant Professor, Boston University 1968-1970

BOOKS

The Allure of Premeditated Murder, Rowman and Littlefield, 2018 (with J. Wiest).

Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder, Sage Books, 4th ed., 2018 (with J. Fox and E. Fridel).

The Will to Kill: Making Sense of Senseless Murder, Allyn and Bacon, 5th edition, 2018 (with J. Fox and K. Quinet).

Elementary Statistics in Social Research, digital edition (with J. Fox and D. Forde),Pearson,2016.

The Violence of Hate: Understanding Harmful Forms of Bias and Bigotry, Roman and Littlefield (with J. Nolan), fourth edition, 2017.

Hate Crime: A Global Perspective, Routledge, 2015 (with P. Iganski).

Elementary Statistics in Social Research, 12th edition, 2014, Pearson (with J. Fox and D. Forde).

Elementary Statistics in Criminal Justice Research, Pearson, 4th ed., 2014 (with J. Fox and D. Forde),

Blurring the Boundaries: The Declining Significance of Age, Routledge, 2013.

Special issue on Mass Murder. Homicide Studies, 2013, guest editor

Elementary Statistics in Social Research: The Essentials, Allyn and Bacon, 3d ed. 2011 (with J. Fox).

Serial Killers and Sadistic Murderers—Up Close and Personal, Prometheus Books (2008).

Sociological Snapshots, Pine Forge Press, 5th ed. 2008.

The Will to Kill: Explaining Senseless Murder, Longman (with J. Fox), 2006.

American Terrorists, Chelsea Publications, 2006.

Why We Hate, Prometheus Books, June 2004 (with G. Rabrenovic).

Elementary Statistics in Criminal Justice Research: The Essentials, Allyn and Bacon, 2004 (with J. Fox).

Hate Crimes Revisited: America’s War on Those who are Different, Westview Press, 2002 (with J. McDevitt).

Special issue on Hate Crimes and Ethnic Conflict, American Behavioral Scientist, December 2001, co-edited with Gordana Rabrenovic, Sage.

Dead Lines: Essays in Murder and Mayhem, Allyn and Bacon (with J. Fox), 2001.

Social Problems: Causes, Consequences, Interventions, West, 1983 (with R. Bourne); second edition, 1999 (with K. McGinnis and R. Bourne), Roxbury Publishing.

Sociology: Snapshots and Portraits, Pine Forge Press, 1996 (with A. Arluke).

Killer on Campus, Avon Books, 1996 (with J. Fox).

Overkill: Mass Murder and Serial Killing Exposed, Plenum, 1994 (with J. Fox), Japanese ed. and paperback, Dell, 1996.

Working with the Media: A Survival Guide for Scholars, Sage, 1993 (with J. Fox).

Hate Crimes: The Rising Tide of Bigotry and Bloodshed, Plenum Press, 1993 (with J. McDevitt).

Elementary Statistics in Behavioral Research, Harper Collins, 1993 (with James Fox and Stephen Harkins).

Mass Murder: America's Growing Menace, Plenum Press, 1985 (with J. Fox); Paperback edition with new foreword, 1991, Berkley Books.

Starting Sociology, 4th edition, 1990, Harper and Row (with James Spates).

Elementary Statistics in Social Research: A Workbook, fifth edition, 1990, Harper Collins [with W. Levin and J. Fox]..

The Human Puzzle, Wadsworth, 1988 (with W. Levin).

Gossip: The Inside Scoop, Plenum Press, 1987 (with A. Arluke).

Twixt: Teens Yesterday and Today, Franklin Watts, 1983 (Ernie Anastos with Jack Levin).

The Functions of Discrimination and Prejudice. 1982, Harper and Row (with W. Levin).

Ageism: Prejudice and Discrimination Against the Elderly, Wadsworth, 1980 (with W. Levin).

Social Science Research: A Student Handbook, Halsted Press, 1975 (with G. Ferman).

The Functions of Prejudice, 1975, Harper and Row.

ARTICLES (1980-PRESENT)

New study suggests novel explanation for public attention to mass violence events,” ACJS TODAY, Spring 2018 (with J. Wiest).

“Covering Mass Murder: An Experimental Examination of the Effect of News Focus— killer, Victim, or Hero—on Reader Interest,” American Behavioral Scientist, 2018 with J. Wiest): 1-14

“Are People More Disturbed by Dog or Human Suffering? Influence of Victim’s Species and Age,” Society and Animals (with A. Arluke and L. Irvine) 25, 2017.

“The Copycat Phenomenon in the Aftermath of the Newtown School Shooting,” ACJS TODAY (with A. Reichelmann), March 2017.

“Mass Confusion Concerning Mass Murder,” The Criminologist (with J.A. Fox) 40/1 (January/February), 2016.

“From Thrill to Defensive Motivation: The Role of Group Threat in the Changing Nature of Hate-Motivated Assaults,” American Behavioral Scientist (with A. Reichelmann), 2015.

“From Thrill to Defensive Hate Crimes: The Impact of 9/11,” Hate Studies, 2015.

“Mass Murder in Perspective: Guest Editor’s Introduction,” Homicide Studies 18, February 2014.

“Family Annihilation and Unemployment,” Journal of Family Violence 28, 4 (April 2013); (with M Liem, C Holland, J Fox).

“Mass Murder at School and Cumulative Strain: A Sequential Model,” American Behavioral Scientist (with Eric Madfis), April, 2009.

“Hate Crimes: Myths and Realities,” The International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities, and Nations, Volume 7, 2007.

“The Capitol Hill Murders,” Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention (with James A. Fox and Ann Burgess), May 2007. “Promoting Respect for Difference on the College Campus: The Role of Interdependence,” American Behaviorial Scientist, 2007 (with Gordana Rabrenovic and Nelly Oliver).

“When a Crime Committed by a Teenager Becomes a Hate Crime: Results from Two Studies,” American Behaviorial Scientist, 2007 (with Gordana Rabrenovic, Vincent Ferraro, Tara Doran, and Daniela Methe.

“Blurring Fame and Infamy: A Content Analysis of Cover-Story Trends in People Magazine,” Internet Journal of Criminology, Summer 2005 (with J.A. Fox and J. Masaic).

“Mass Murder: An Analysis of Extreme Violence,” Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, July 2003 (with James A. Fox).

“An Updated Typology of Hate Crime Motivations,” Journal of Social Issues, Summer, 2002, 58, 2 (with Jack McDevitt and Susan Bennett), 303-317.

“Hate Crimes and Ethnic Conflict: An Introduction,” American Behavioral Scientist, December, 2001 (with Gordana Rabrenovic).

“A Cultural Revolution in Juvenile Violence?” The Responsive Community, Summer

1999; 4-9.

“Animal Abuse and Human Violence,” Journal of Interpersonal Violence, summer 1999 (with Arnold Arluke).

Reprinted in Between the Species (eds. A. Arluke and C. Sanders), Pearson Education, 2009.

“Violence Goes to School,” Mid-Western Educational Researcher, Winter 1998.

“Youth Violence and the Urban Public School Response,” Journal of Research in Education, Fall 1997 (with Heather Johnson).

"Racial Identity of Police and Perceptions of Police Brutality: An Experiment," Justice Quarterly, September 1997 (with Alex Thomas).

"The Growing Threat of Workplace Homicide," Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, November 1994.

"Misery as a Turning Point for Educational Success," Journal of Research in Education, Spring 1994.

StatTutor, HarperCollins Software, 1993 (with J. Fox).

"Homicide Among the Elderly," Criminology, May, 1991 (with J. Fox).

"Sociology of Educational Late Blooming," Sociological Forum, December, 1991 (with W. Levin).

"Living With the Faces of Death," Death Studies, 1989 (with A. Arluke).

"The Gossip Tabloid as an Agent of Social Control," Journalism Quarterly, September, 1988 (with A. Mody and A. Arluke).

"Are the Times Changing? An Analysis of Gender Differences in Sexual Graffiti," Sex Roles, 16, 1987, (with A. Arluke and L. Kutakoff).

"Ageism as a Social Disease," boxed inset in Sociology, Macmillan, 1985 (with W. Levin).

"Roots of Ageism," in E. Neuberger and R. Bourne, Unhappy Families, PSG Publishing, 1985.

"Punk and Middle-Class Values: A Content Analysis," Youth and Society, December, 1985 (with P. Lamy).

Reprinted in: S. Ball-Rokeach and M. Cantor, Media, Audience and Social Structure, Sage, 1986

"An Exploratory Analysis of Sex Differences in Gossip," Sex Roles, 12, 1985, (with A. Arluke).

"Elderly Sick Role: An Experimental Analysis," International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1985 (with A. Arluke and W. Fisher).

"Second Childhood: Old Age in Popular Culture," Aging, August, 1984 (with A. Arluke). Reprinted in: B. Hess and E. Markson, Growing Old in America (2nd ed.), Transaction, 1985.

Aging--Annual Editions 86/87, Dushkin, 1986.

Sociology--Annual Editions 87/88, Dushkin, 1987.

I Robertson, The Social Order (3rd ed.), Worth, 1987.

W. Feigelman, Readings on Social Problems, Holt, 1990.

Aging--Annual Editions 90/91, Dushkin, 1990.

"Sexuality and Romance in Advice Books for the Elderly," The Gerontologist, September, 1984 (with A. Arluke and J. Suchwalko).

"The Challenge of Ageism," Journal of American Health Care Association, March, 1983 (with A. Arluke and C. Cheren).

"Attitude Similarity and Parent-Child Attractiveness," Journal of Social Psychology, 120, 1983 (with A. Arluke).

"The Effects of Labeling Students Upon Teachers' Expectations and Intentions," Journal of Social Psychology, 118, 1982 (with A. Arluke and M. Smith).

"Embarrassment and Helping Behavior," Psychological Reports, 51,1982 (with A. Arluke).

"Nurses' Diagnostic Stereotyping of the Elderly: The Case of Organic Brain Syndrome," Research on Aging, August, 1981 (with D. Ciliberto and A. Arluke).

"Infantilization of the Elderly in Popular Culture," Public Communication Review, Winter, 1981-82 (with A. Arluke).

"Age and Willingness to Associate: An Experimental Analysis," Research on Aging, June,1981(with W. Levin).

"The Opposite Side of Sociology of the Media: The Media of Sociology," New England Sociologist, 1980 (with J. Fox).

BOOK CHAPTERS

“Hate Crimes in Transition,” Perspectives on Hate (Ed. Robert Sternberg), American Psychological Association (with J. McDevitt), 2020.

“Serial, Spree, and Mass Murder,” Forensic Psychiatry (Eds. Treasaden and Puri), Taylor and Francis, 2018.

“School Rampage Shootings,” Cambridge Handbook of Social Problems,” Cambridge University Press (with E. Madfis), 2018.

“Explaining Mass Shootings: Types, Patterns, and Theories,” Handbook of the Psychology of Mass Shootings (with J. Fox), 2017.

"News aus Newtown? - Berichterstattung US-amerikanischer Massenmedien nach schweren Gewalttaten (The Newtown Massacre: How American Journalists Responded)." Pp. 95-105 in Die mediale Inszenierung von Amok und Terrorismus: Zur medienpsychologischen Wirkung des Journalismus bei exzessiver Gewalt, edited by Robertz and Kahr. Weisbaden, Germany: Springer Fachmedien (with A.Reichelmann), 2016.

“Multiple Homicide,” Handbook of Homicide (Ed. F. Brookman), Wiley, (with J.Fox), 2017.

“Disablist Violence in the US: Unacknowledged Hate Crime,” Disability, Hate Crime and Violence (Roulstone and Mason-Bish, eds), Routledge, 2013; pp. 95-105.

“School Rampage in International Perspective: The Salience of Cumulative Strain Theory,”

Studies and Concepts for Prevention (Eds. Böeckler, Seeger, Heitmeyer and Sitzer), Springer, 2012 (with E. Madfis).

“Reducing Hate and Prejudice on Campus: A Sociologist’s Contributions,” Sociologists in Action, Pine Forge Press, 2012.

“Hate Crime Motivation: The Practical Consequences of an Offender Typology,” Public Sociology, Pine Forge Press, 2011.

“Normalcy in Characteristics of Serial Killers,” reprinted in (Borgesion and Huehnle, eds}, Serial Offenders in Theory and Practice, Jones and Bartlett Press, 2011.

“Hate Crime Offenders,” Hate Crimes, Willan Books (with J. McDevitt, J. Nolan, and S. Bennett), 2010.

“Reducing the Link’s False Positive Problem,” The Link between Animal Abuse and

Human Violence (Andrew Linzey, ed.) Sussex Academic Press (2009—with A. Arluke).

“Hate as a Cultural Justification for Violence,” Hate Crimes 1 (Brian Levin, ed.), Praeger, 2009 (with G. Rabrenovic).

“Hate Crimes,” Encyclopedia of Peace, Violence, and Conflict, Academic Press, second ed. (2008--with J. McDevitt).

“Hate Crimes,” “Hate Groups,” and “Hate Speech,” Encyclopedia of Social Problems, Sage ( 2007—with J. McDevitt).

“The Changing Character of Violence in Popular Culture,” Ruminations on Violence, Waveland (2007—with E. Madfis).

“Normalcy in Characteristics of Serial Killers,” Serial Murder, Springer/Humana Press ( 2007—with James A. Fox).

“The Impact of Interdependence on Racial Hostility: The American Experience,” Killing the Other edited by Michel Prum. Rutledge-Cavendish. (with G. Rabrenovic—2006)

“Sociology of Violence,” The Handbook of 21st Century Sociology, Sage (with G. Rabrenovic, 2006).

“Hate Crimes,” Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, Blackwell Publishing (2006).

“Blaming the Aged” and “Aged as a Minority Group,” Encyclopedia of Ageism, The Haworth Press (2005).

“Hate Crimes,” Encyclopedia of Sociology, Berkshire Publishing (2004).

“Cultures of Hate in the Urban and the Rural: Assessing the Impact of Extremist Organizations,” Rural Racism. N Chakroborti and J Garland (eds.). Willan Publishing, 2004 (with Paul Iganski).

“The Role of Civil Connections in Negotiating Peaceful Resolution of Ethnic Conflict,” Towards Non-Violence and Dialogue Culture in South East Europe. P Mitev and J. Riordan (eds.). Institute for Social Values and Structures, 2004.

“Preventing Ethnic Violence: The Role of Interdependence,” The Psychology of Ethnic Conflict. Yueh-Ting Lee (ed.), Greenwood Press, 2004 (with G. Rabrenovic).

“School Violence,” Reader in Violence, Ronald Holmes (ed.), Prentice-Hall (with G. Rabrenovic and Carol Kaufman, 2004.

“Mass Murder,” Encyclopedia of Homicide, Sage Publishing (with J. Fox), 2003.

“Hate,” Encyclopedia of Community, Berkshire Publishing (with G. Rabrenovic), 2003.

“The Hillside Strangler: A Case Study,” Matthew Silberman (ed.), Sociology Of Violence: A Reader (Prentice Hall, 2003–with J. Fox).

“Hatemongers, Dabblers, Sympathizers, and Spectators: A Typology,” in Paul Iganski (ed.) The Hate Debate (London: Institute for Jewish Policy Research, 2002).

“Mulitiple Homicide,” Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment, Berkshire Publishing (with J. A. Fox), 2002.

“Hate Crimes,” Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment, Berkshire Publishing (with Jack McDevitt), 2002.

“Hate in American Popular Culture,” Gyulolet es Politika (Hate and Politics), Gyorgy Csepeli and Antal Orkeny (eds.), Fiedrich Ebert Stiftung: Budapest, 2001 (with S. Vysotsky).

“From Spectators to Hatemongers,” The Politics of Social Inequality, Betty Dobratz, et al (eds.), Elsevier Science, 2001.

“Ageism,” Encyclopedia of Civil Rights, Macmillan, 2000.

“Hate,” Encyclopedia of Human Emotions, Macmillan, 1999.

“Hate Crimes,” Encyclopedia of Human Emotions, Macmillan, 1999 (with J. McDevitt).

“Swimming Against the Tide: The Creative Child as a Late Bloomer,” Reaching the Creative Child, M. Lynch (ed.), Allyn-Bacon, 2000 (with N. Greenwald).

“Hate Crimes,” Encyclopedia of Peace, Violence, and Conflict, Academic Press, 1999 (with J. McDevitt).

“Making Sense of Mass Murder,” Psychological Approaches to Dealing with Violent Offenders, Plenum Publications, 1999 (with J. Fox).

“Serial Murder: Popular Myths and Empirical Realities,” Sourcebook of Homicide Studies, Sage, 1998 (with J. Fox).

“The Mythology of Serial Murder,” Issues in the Study and Prevention of Homicide, Sage, 1998 (with J. Fox).

“Multiple Homicide,” Crime and Justice: An Annual Review of Research, University of

Chicago, 1998 (with J. Fox).

“The Economic Escalator," " Late than Never," and "Getting Away with Murder," in Reading and Learning Across the Disciplines, edited by Mary-Jane McCarthy, Joan Rasool, and Caroline Banks, Wadsworth, 1996; reprinted from Bostonia.

"The White Aryan Resistance Promotes Hate," in Hate Crimes, Greenhaven Press,1995 (with J. McDevitt).

"The Victims of Atypical Homicide," in T. Fleming (ed.), Mass and Serial Murder, Canadian Scholars Press, 1996 (with J. Fox).

"The Roots of Mass Murder," in T. Fleming (ed.), Mass and Serial Murder, Canadian Scholars Press, 1996 (with J. Fox).

"Serial Murder: A Survey," in Craig Calhoun and George Ritzer (eds.), Perspectives on Sociology and Perspectives on Criminal Justice, McGraw-Hill, 1996 (with J Fox).

Female Serial Killers," in Concetta Culliver (ed.), Female Criminality: The State of the Art, Greenwood Press, 1993 (with J. Fox).

"Mass Murder," in Violence, edited by M. Zahn, et al., Harcourt,Brace; reprinted from Mass Murder: America's Growing Menace 1990 (with J. Fox)."

"Ethical Problems in Sociological Research," in A. Kimmel, Ethics of Human Subject Research, Jossey-Bass, 1981.

"Theoretical Analysis," in T. Waggener, Readings in Social Research, Wadsworth, 1980 (reprinted from Furman and Levin).

NEWSPAPER/ MAGAZINE COLUMNS AND DOCUMENTARIES

“The media's duty to focus on heroes, not killers: Don't use the excuse that viewers and readers demand to know about murderers,” Daily News, with J. Wiest, February 16, 2018.

“Race, Disability, and the Violence of Hate,” Huffington Post, with J McDevitt, January 19, 2017. “Guns, Road Rage, and a Tragic Trend,” USA Today, with J. Fox, January 4, 2017. “Misconceptions About Terrorism In The Aftermath of the Ohio State Rampage,” Huffington Post, with J McDevitt, December 8, 2016.

“A Hate Crime and a Terrorist Act,” Boston Globe, June 13, 2016.

“Can the FBI Catch Future Serial Killers Using This Test?” New York Post, with Arnold Arluke, February 27, 2016

“How to Eliminate Mass Killers”—It’s Common Sense,” Huffington Post, December 16, 2015

“School Rampage Shootings: How to Reduce the Carnage,” Huffington Post, October 8, 2015

“Aging our children,” USAToday, August 25, 2015 (with J. Fox).

“Violence, Beyond Black and White,” The , June 22, 2015 (with J. Fox).

“Churches, like schools, give haters an exact target,” USAToday, June 19, 2015 (with J. Fox).

Three Times the Violence (a 15 minute documentary), co-producer with W.Lancaster,2014.

“A surprising truth about serial killings,” CNN.com (with J. Fox), October 24, 2014

“Parents who do the unthinkable — kill their children,” USA Today (September 11, 2014).

“Mass Murder on Both Sides of the Atlantic--Politics or Psychopathology?” Huffington Post (May 29, 2014)

“Focus on marathon resiliency, not tragedy,” USA Today (April 7, 2014—with J. Fox).

“Do We Care More about Animal or Human Suffering,” The New York Post, March 2014 (with A. Arluke).

“Clarksdale, Mississippi and Oberlin College Reveal the Hate Still Around Us,” The Guardian (March 8, 2013).

“What Cleveland Kidnappings Can Teach Parents,” USA Today (May 9, 2013).

“How to Prevent School Shootings,” Boston Globe (December 19, 2012—The Podium).

“Can We Prevent the Next Mass Murder?” Huffington Post (July 22, 2012).

“Understanding the Mind of the Aurora Mass Killer,” New York Daily News (July 23, 2012).

“Hate Hovers Over Sikh Shooting,” USA Today (August 6, 2012).

“Gun Control is a Good Crime-prevention Measure but not for Mass Murder,” Seattle Times (with J. Fox), June 12, 2012.

“The Invisible Hate Crime: Disablist Violence,” Pacific Standard magazine, March 1, 2011.

“Mass Murderer is no Martyr,” Boston Herald (with J. Fox), July 30, 2011.

“Workplace Violence Tragic, but No Epidemic,” The Hartford Courant, August 22, 2010 (with J. Fox).

“Mind of a Killer: Anger, Paranoia, and Misery,” The London Sunday Times, June 6, 2010.

“Disabled Vulnerable to Violence,” Boston Herald, May 19, 2010; p 19.

“Mass, Serial, and Spree Killing: Distinction or Distraction, The Gazette, Vol. 72, No. 2, June, 2010 (with J. Fox), pp. 24-25 .

“Enraged customers fuel a disturbing crime trend,” USA Today, June 24, 2010; p 21A. (with J. Fox)

“In a Season of Compassion, Let’s Stop Hate Killings of the Homeless,” The Huffington Post, December 21, 2009 (www.huffingtonpost.com).

“Fort Hood Tragedy: Terror or Workplace Violence?” USA Today, November 11, 2009, p. 21A (with J. Fox).

“Believing in Markoff: Loyalty or lunacy?” Boston Globe, April 24, 2009; p 15 (with J. Fox).

“Textbook Shooter,” Post-Gazette, August 7, 2009; p. B7 (with J.Fox).

“Old Drivers Put to Unfair Test,” Boston Herald, July 22, 2009; p. 21.

“Why We Use the Question of Character to Elect our President,” Boston Herald, November 4, 2008, p. 15.

“What’s Eating Boston?” Footnotes, May 2008, p.1.

“Using Warning Signs to Reduce School Shootings,” SEEN (South East Education Network), Spring 2008; 68-69, 72.

“Heed the Warning Signs,” Boston Herald, April 20, 2007.

“Reducing the Threat of Bullying,” Boston Globe, January 30, 2007.

“Can We Heal Extreme Hate?” Boston Globe, August 7, 2006 (with A. Arluke).

“Measures for Reducing Violence,” Outlook section, Washington Post, (August 13, 2006).

“Give Us Still Your Masses, “ Boston Herald, April 7, 2006; 24.(with G. Rabrenovic)

“How to Stop Sex Offenders,” Inquirer, July 20, 2005.

“Keeping Children Safe from Sex Crimes,” Boston Globe, July 18, 2005.

“Give Baseball Back to the Kids,” Detroit Free Press, July 5, 2005 (with J.A. Fox).

“Growing Pains: A Review of The Road to Whatever,” CommonWealth (Spring 2005); 105- 107.

“Blame The Killer -- not the police, media or family,” USA Today, March 3, 2005 (with J.A. Fox); p 11.

“Keeping an Eye and a Camera on College Students,” Boston Globe, February 5, 2005:A11

“Perpetuating School Violence,” District Administration Magazine, February 2004 (with J. Fox).

“The Discovery of the Serial Sniper,” USA Today, December 9, 2003 (with J. Fox).

“Killing for Company,” Tribune, September 6, 2003 (with J. Fox).

“Man’s Best Friend May be Only in Name,” Boston Herald, May 4, 2003 (with A. Arluke).

“Elizabeth Smart–Victim or Villain?” Boston Herald, March 23, 2003.

“Serienkiller: Die Medien Sind Ein Teil des Problems,” Message: Internationale Fachzeitschrift fur Journalismus, January 2003 (with J. Fox).

“Social Isolation can be Fixed,” Christian Science Monitor, October 23, 2002 (with J. Fox).

“The Sniper as Celebrity,” USA Today, October 23, 2002 (with J. Fox).

“Terror in America,” Newsday, October 24, 2002 (with J. Fox).

“Terrorism, American Style,” Boston Globe, October 23, 2002 (with J. Fox), reprinted in Bergen Record.

“Miller Time is Too Darn Late,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 8, 2002 (with J. A. Fox).

“Talking with Children about September 11th,” Newsletter of the Massachusetts Association of School Psychologists, February, 2002.

“Profiling Terrorists,” Boston Herald, November 7, 2001.

“Terrorist Attacks: Lessons from Columbine,” Sunday Boston Globe Focus, November 4, 2001.

“White Supremacist Leaflets,” Boston Herald, September 4, 2001.

“Almost But Not Quite Elderly Enough,” Boston Globe, September 2, 2001.

“Schools Response to Columbine: A Failing Grade,” Buffalo News (with James Fox), April 22, 2001.

“Curing the Contagion of School Shootings,” Sunday Boston Globe–Focus Section (with James Fox), March 11, 2001.

“Warning Signs to Identify School Shooters,” Union Tribune and Cleveland Plain Dealer (with James Fox), March 8, 2001.

“Customers who Kill,” Boston Sunday Globe, February 11, 2001 (with J. Fox).

“Looking for Simple Solution to Youth Murder,” Boston Herald, February 7, 2001 (with J. Fox).

“Office Safety Under Fire,” Boston Sunday Herald, December 31, 2000 (with J. Fox).

“The Path We Can Choose to Reduce Crime,” Boston Globe, December 30, 2000.

“Middle Ground is Needed on Gun Control,” Boston Herald, August 14, 2000.

“Responding to Columbine: A Failing Grade,” Boston Sunday Herald, April 9, 2000. Reprinted in The Dallas Morning News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and New York Daily News.

“What Works to Reduce the Teenage Crime Wave,” Spurwink Institute Viewpoint, Winter 2000.

“Mr. and Mrs. Bueller’s Night in Jail,” Christian Science Monitor, January 2, 2000 (with J. Fox). Reprinted in Chicago Sun-Times, January 2, 2000.

“Net Cast Too Wide for Troubled Kids,” Boston Herald, September 9, 1999 (with J. Fox), 27.

“When Misery Has no Company, Mass Killings Can Occur,” Dallas Morning News, September 9, 1999 (with J. Fox). Reprinted in Police Beat Magazine.

“The Hard (but Doable) Job of Making Schools Safe,” Boston Globe, Focus Section, August 22, 1999 (with J. Fox), F1.

“A Culture That’s Ripe to Sustain Evil,” Boston Herald, May 11, 1999, 25.

“An Effective Response to Teenage Crime Is Possible,” Chronicle of Higher Education, May 7, 1999, #35. Reprinted in Update on Law-Related Education (American Bar Association) 23.2, March 2000.

“Schools Learning a Grim Lesson,” Boston Globe, Focus section (April 25, 1999), C1.

“Backlash to Hate Crime Legislation,” California Association of Human Relations Organizations (CAHRO) News, December 1998 (with J. McDevitt).

“Wanted: Sense on School Safety,” Boston Globe October 26, 1998, 19 (with J. Fox).

“TV Ratings Should Get a Big Thumbs-Down from Parents,” Boston Herald October 18, 1998, 32 (with J. Fox).

“Yes, We Need Hate Crime Laws,” Boston Globe July 28, 1998, 15 (with Jack McDevitt).

“American Workplace Needs Humanizing,” Christian Science Monitor, March 23, 1998 (with James Fox).

“We’re Veering Off Course,” Boston Sunday Herald January 18, 1998, 29.

“Animal Cruelty, Crimes Against People Linked,” Salt Lake Tribune, November 9, 1997 (with Arnold Arluke), AA4.

“Preventing Student Violence,” Boston Globe September 23, 1997 (with Heather Johnson).

“Hurting Animals is an Important Clue,” Boston Herald September 1, 1997 (with Arnold Arluke).

“Safety’s On the Line,” Boston Globe, Focus Section, August 31, 1997 (with James Fox).

“Andrew Cunanan: America’s Bogey Man,” San Diego Union-Tribune, July 25, 1997 (with James Fox).

“N. Irish Racialize the “Troubles,” Boston Herald July 13, 1997 and Bergen County Record July 14, 1997.

“Immigrants Create Jobs,” Philadelphia Inquirer June 2, 1997 and Boston Herald June 15, 1997 (with W. Leong).

“Militias Reflect Public’s Mistrust,” USA Today March 31, 1997.

“Educating students to See Beyond Their World,” Boston Globe--Learning Section--March 9, 1997 (with Wilfred Holton).

"Salvi Shows New Insanity Plea Needed," Boston Herald December 12, 1996.

"Society's Fears About the Insanity Defense are Irrational," Boston Globe December 9,1996.

"Halloween's Merriment Often Replaced by Fear," Philadelphia Inquirer October 28, 1996.

"Lessons from Riot," USA Today October 29, 1996.

"Offender Registry No Protection," The Boston Herald October 2, 1996.

"Dirt Won't Hurt Clinton," The Boston Herald July 7, 1996.

"The American Dream in Flames," The Boston Globe Focus section June 30, 1996.

"Weapons Ban Won't Work," The Boston Globe May 15, 1996.

"Facts Not Fluff," Introduction to the Unabomber's Almanac, 1997, Dove (with J Fox).

"The V-Chip: Remote Control for Parents," The Boston Globe February 22, 1996.

"Shining the Spotlight on Youth," Boston Herald and Philadelphia Inquirer February 1996.

"The Time Bomb of Black America," Boston Globe October 6, 1995.

"Effective Police Departments Not Built Solely on Test Scores," Boston Herald September 24, 1995.

"Landmark Study Reveals Hate Crimes Vary by Offender Motivation," Klanwatch Intelligence Report, August 1995 (with J. McDevitt).

"The Research Needed to Understand Hate Crime," The Chronicle of Higher Education August 4, 1995 (with J. McDevitt). Reprinted in Hate Groups: Opposing Viewpoints, Greenhaven Press (1998).

"...And Being No Ordinary John," The Boston Herald July 10, 1995.

"Messages of Intolerance," The Boston Globe April 27, 1995 (with Jack McDevitt).

"Wuornos For Sale," Real Crime Book Digest Spring 1995 (with James Fox).

"Reduce Violence by Increasing the Focus on Youth," Boston Herald, November 27, 1994.

"Race, IQ, and Hysterectomies," Boston Herald, October 15, 1994.

"Our New Pastime," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 7, 1994 (with James Fox).

"From Mass Murder to Overkill," Real Crime Book Digest November/December 1994 (with James Fox).

"Gory, Not Glory," Real Crime Book Digest, June/July 1994 (with James Fox).

"A Freeze on Executions," Real Crime Book Digest, April/May 1994 (with James Fox).

"Who's Minding the Kids?" Boston Globe, December 1993.

"Baseball and Kids," Boston Herald, July 1993 (with James Fox).

"What to do about Post Office Snipers," Detroit Free Press, May 1993 (with James Fox).

"Post Office Shootings--Why?" USA Today, May 1993 (with James Fox).

"From Serial Killers to Hatemongers," St. Petersburg Times, June1993 (wire service).

"Hate Violence," Boston Herald and , May 1993 (with Jack McDevitt).

"Firing Back--Workplace Violence," Boston Globe Focus Section, April 1993 (with J. Fox).

"Putting Murder on Ice," Boston Herald, September, 1992 (with J. Fox).

"Serial Murder," essay published in program for production of The Garden on F Street, Newgate Theatre, Providence, March, 1992.

"Immigrant Bashing," Bostonia, Summer, 1992.

"Turning Dirty Work into Good Clean Fun," Bostonia, Spring, 1992.

"Making Monsters into Heroes," Cleveland Plain Dealer and Boston Herald, February, 1992 (with J. Fox).

"Exposing Ourselves," Boston Herald, October, 1991.

"The Games Americans Play," Bostonia, September-October, 1991.

"Downward Mobility," Bostonia, July-August, 1991.

"Reunions American Style," Bostonia, May-June, 1991.

"Gossip is Essential to Democracy," Palm Beach Post, April, 1991.

"Tabloidization of the News," Bostonia, March-April, 1991.

"Hate Crimes Against Women," Bostonia, January-February, 1991.

"Heartburn and Modern Times," Bostonia, November-December, 1990.

"Shooting at the Ivory Tower," Boston Globe, September 9, 1990 (with J. Fox).

"New Images of the Elderly," Bostonia, September-October, 1990.

"Confessions of a Soapaholic," Northeastern University Alumni Magazine, June, 1990.

"Goldfish Gobbling," Bostonia, May-June, 1990.

"Executing Spies," Palm Beach Post, May, 1990 (with J. Fox).

"Riding the Rumor Mill," Bostonia, March-April, 1990.

"Inside the Mind of Charles Stuart," Boston Magazine, April, 1990 (with J. Fox). Reprinted in: Joy Eyman, Psychopaths: The Aliens Among Us (Miami: National Association of Chiefs of Police, 1996).

"Is the Death Penalty a Vehicle for Revenge?" Bostonia, January-February, 1990.

"But Names Will Hurt You," Bostonia, November-December, 1989.

"Good Intentions; Bad Results," Bostonia, September-October, 1989.

"Mass Murder and the Death Penalty," Bridgewater Review, September, 1989.

"The Immaculate Americans," Bostonia, July-August, 1989.

"Satanic Cults and Mass Murder," Celebrity Plus Magazine, June, 1988 (with J. Fox).

"Better Late Than Never," Bostonia, May-June, 1989.

"Mapping Social Geography," Bostonia, March-April, 1989.

Reprinted in: McCarthy, Rosool, and Banks, Reading and Learning Across the Disciplines, Wadsworth, 1992.

"Bargaining with the Devil," Bostonia, January-February, 1989.

"Crime Should Be a Non-Issue in the Presidential Race," Chicago Tribune, October 26, 1988, and Detroit Free Press, November l, 1988 (with J. Fox).

"Can Football Prevent War," Bostonia, September-October, 1988.

"Mass Murder," Bostonia, July-August, 1988.

"A Little Gossip is Good for Democracy," Boston Globe, May 14, 1988.

"Film as Our Cultural Crystal Ball," Bostonia, May-June, 1988.

"The Generation Without a Gap," Bostonia, March-April, 1988.

"Fat Chance in a Slim World," Bostonia, January-February, 1988.

"The New Good Samaritans," Bostonia, November-December, 1987.

"Gossip a Vital Part of Democracy," USA Today, May 1, 1987 (with A. Arluke).

"Placing the Blame for the Palm Bay Massacre," Tampa Tribune, May 3, 1987 (with J. Fox).

The Personal Side of Prejudice, a 50-minute videotape co-produced (with E. Brewer), Northeastern University, 1987.

"After the Oklahoma Slaughter, A Student of Murder Says Such Killings Are a Sign of the Times," People Magazine, September 8, 1986.

"Lesson is Clear--But Wrong," USA Today, February 3, 1986.

"Serial Killers: How Statistics Mislead Us," Boston Herald, December 1, 1985 (with J. Fox).

"How We Respond to Cults," USA Today, May 7, 1985 (with J. Fox).

"When Crime Pays and Punishment Doesn't Fit the Crime," Patriot Ledger, March 15,

1985 (with J. Fox).

"Hazing and College Fraternities," USA Today, November 12, 1984.

"Our Elderly's Fate?" , 133 (September 29, 1983), A31 (with A. Arluke). Reprinted in numerous newspapers affiliated with the New York Times News Service.

"Beasts and Babies: Styles of Stereotyping," Bridgewater Review, December, 1982 (with W. Levin).

MEDIA EXPERIENCE

Television interviews: Hundreds of appearances on national programs, including Unsolved Mysteries (NBC-TV), America’s Most Wanted (FOX), Dateline NBC (NBC-TV), 48 Hours (CBS-TV), 20/20 (ABC-TV), (ABC-TV), Nightline (ABC-TV), Today (NBC-TV), NBC-TV Nightly News, CBS Evening News, ABC World News Tonight, Real Life (NBC-TV), Oprah (syndicated), Montel Williams (syndicated), Jerry Springer (syndicated), Povich (syndicated), The Charlie Rose Show (syndicated), Geraldo (syndicated and Channel), Joan Rivers (syndicated), Sally Jesse Raphael (syndicated), Jenny Jones (syndicated), Crossfire, , Larry King Live! And Anderson Cooper (CNN), USA Today on Air, Night Talk with Jane Whitney (syndicated), PM Magazine (syndicated), (syndicated), American Journal (syndicated), Newsmaker Sunday (CNN), Sociological Imagination and News Hour with Jim Lehrer(PBS) and News Special Reports including LIFETIME, CNN, ABC-TV, ABC Morning News, CBS Morning News, and CBS This Morning, CNBC-TV (The Real Story, Real Personal, Rivera Live, Charles Grodin, News with Brian Williams, CNBC After Hours), MSNBC-TV, Fox News Channel, American Justice (A & E), Justice Files (Discovery), Unexplained and Crimes in History (History Channel), Lisa Marie (News-talk TV), The O’Reilly Factor, (Fox News Channel), Sunday Morning (CBS-TV), CBC (National Canadian TV), Chilean National Television, London Weekend Television, Chs 4 and 5 London, Australian National Television (Lateline), Irish Television, and Channel 1 in Amsterdam. Kelly and Company (WXYZ-TV, Detroit), People Are Talking (Boston, , and ), Pittsburgh Today (KDKA-TV), AM San Francisco and Good Morning Bay Area (KGO-TV), America Talks Back (LIFETIME from ), Good Morning Houston (KTRK-TV), Daybreak (WBBM-TV, Chicago),Lifetime (CFTO-TV, ), Court TV (Prime-Time Justice, Cochran and Company), Time Out with Bill Boggs and Jane Wallace Live (KYW-TV, Philadelphia & FX-Cable), Chronicle, Good Day, Boston Common, Coming Together, The Group, Greater Boston, City Line, Urban Update, Say Brother, At Issue, and Sunday (Boston), Talk of New England and Broadside with Jim Braude (NECN), Town Meeting (Seattle), WABC-TV, WWOR-TV, WFOX-TV, and WCBS- TV, ; WNEV-TV, WCVB-TV, WBZ-TV, Boston, AM Canada, E-Entertainment (True Hollywood Story Investigates).

Radio: More than one thousand interviews including a regular Feature, Report on Behavior with Dr. Jack Levin, WEEI-AM (CBS radio, Boston). Co-host and producer, weekly interview program, Making Waves (WBUR-FM). Interviews on programs hosted by , Sam Donaldson, G. Gordon Liddy, Jay Severn, Bob Grant, Jim Bohannon, Larry King, David Brudnoy, Mark Fuhrman, Margery Egan and Jim Braude, Travis Smiley, Montel Williams, Alan Colmes, and Bill O’Reilly.

AWARDS AND GRANTS

Lifetime Achievement Award, Who’s Who 2018-19 Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to Crime and Delinquency, Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), 2013. Lester Ward Award, Association for Clinical and Applied Sociology, 2011. International Who’s Who, 2010 American Sociological Association, Public Understanding of Sociology Award, 2009-2010. Apple Award for Exemplary Contributions to the Teaching of Sociology, New England Sociological Association, 2009. Sigma Delta Tau Sorority, Outstanding Professor, 2008 Photograph included in Bill Brett, Boston, An Extended Family (Commonwealth Editions, 2007). Honorary member of Phi Kappa Phi, 2007. Aspiration Award, Northeastern University, 2006. Robin Williams Distinguished Lecturer, Eastern Sociological Society, 2004-5 Who’s Who in the Social Sciences, 2004-2005 Sign of Honour for contributions to international collaboration, South-West University, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, 2002. Named to list of “100 Who Made Their Mark,” Northeastern University Magazine, September 1998 Irving and Betty Brudnick Professor of Sociology and Criminology, Northeastern University, 1997-2014 College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor, Northeastern University, 1996-1999 Urban Law and Public Policy Institute Distinguished Professor, Northeastern University Law School, 1995-1996 CASE Professor of the Year, Massachusetts, 1991-92 Honorary Member, Golden Key National Honor Society, 1991 Pioneer Award, New England Sociological Association, 1991 Award, Disabilities Resource Center, Northeastern University, 1990 Instructional Fellowship Award, Northeastern University, 1984 Excellence in Teaching Award, Northeastern University, 1981 Research Grants: Anti-Defamation League, Boston University, Institute on Race and Justice at Northeastern, U.S. Department of Education President's Commission on Obscenity and Who's Who in Education, Nursing, the East and the World Who's Who Among America's Teachers

CONSULTING AND EDITING

Expert Witness, U.S. Government vs. "Deep Throat" Consultant, Criminal Justice Center, Boston University Consultant and Deputy Director, Criminal Justice Center, InterAmerican University School of Law, Puerto Rico Consultant, National Academy of Sciences (Panel on violence) Consultant, Daniel Edelman Public Relations Consultant, Jack A. Adams, v. Brown-Forman Corp. (age bias) Consultant, Cone Communications Consultant, GMAC employees in James Pough murder, Jacksonville Consultant, Attorney Joseph Compoli (Susan Heil), Cleveland Consultant, Eli Lilly in Wesbecker mass murder case, Louisville Consultant, Attorney Marsha Kazarosian in Pam Smart murder case Consultant, National Amusements vs. Town of Dedham Consultant, Mintz, Levin attorneys (murder case) Expert Witness, District Attorney of Bristol District, Commonwealth v. Harold Latour (murder/hate crime case) Expert Witness, State of Oregon v. Cesar Barone (penalty phase of trial for serial murderer) Expert Witness, Smith, Follin and James, Carson Carmichael v. Martin Marietta (age bias) Consultant, Hanify and King, Northborough/Southborough Regional School District (hate crime) Consultant, Faron Lovelace v. State of Idaho (murder/hate) Consultant, v. Magleby (Salt Lake City cross burning) Consultant, Chandler Chicco Agency Consultant, Dykema Gossett (cult accusations against Amway) Member of Blue Ribbon Panel for Seattle police on the motivation for the Capitol Hill Murders Consultant, Department of Justice: Reza Hussain v. Board of Regents, State of Iowa Testimony, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate hearings on anti-bullying laws.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

New England Sociological Association (Past President) Eastern Sociological Society (Vice President, 1994-95) American Sociological Association Society for the Study of Social Problems Eastern Educational Research Association (Past Division Chair) American Society of Criminology American Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences International Society of Criminology

The International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities, and Nations (Board of Advisors) Attorney General ‘s Task Force on Hate Crimes (Commonwealth of Massachusetts) Member, Southern Poverty Law Center’s Academic Advisory Board

PRESENTATIONS

Hundreds of presentations as keynote speaker, commencement speaker, and presenter to community, university, and professional groups including White House Conference on Hate Crimes, International Association of Chiefs of Police, Department of Justice, American Psychological Association, American Sociological Association, American Society of Criminology, American Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, National Organization of Hostage Negotiators, ADL Executive Board, the Royal Academy of Psychiatry (London), and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).