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 Seattle's 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 Clinton's 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.
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1. Surveying Sensitive Topics Asking Sensitive Questions Types of Errors in Surveys Ethical Issues in Surveys Legal Means of Privacy Protections Privacy Protection Through Anonymity Confidentiality and Privacy Protection Need for an Alternative Strategy 2. The Randomized Response Technique Warner's Randomized Response Design Unrelated Question Approach Forced Alternative Response Repeat Randomization 3. Design Considerations in Randomized Response Alternative Question Content Randomizing Devise and Question Selection Probability Distribution of Alternative Questions Reconciling Respondent Hazards and Efficiency 4. Alternatives to Randomized Response Non-Randomized Response Use of Lists and Counts 5. Extensions of Randomized Response Generalization to Polychotomous Measures Untruthful Respondents as a Special Group Extension to Quantitative Measures 6. Analyzing Randomized Response Data Measures of Association Randomized Response as Disclosure Control An Alternative Formulation Randomized Response Software 7. Applications of Randomized Response Methods Substantive Applications Comparison Studies Validation Research 8. Epilogue
Randomized Reponse and Related Methods is a comprehensive how-to guide for any researcher interested in designing, implementing, and analyzing data from an RRT. -- Allyson Holbrook