DURHAM, N.H. - David Finkelhor, director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire and professor of sociology, is available to discuss the Newtown elementary school shooting in Connecticut.

Specifically, Finkelhor can discuss trends regarding school shootings and homicides of young children. He also can discuss how parents of young children can talk to their children about the shooting.

Finkelhor can be reached at 603-767-1010 and david.finkelhor@unh.edu.

The University of New Hampshire, founded in 1866, is a world-class public research university with the feel of a New England liberal arts college. A land, sea, and space-grant university, UNH is the state's flagship public institution, enrolling 12,200 undergraduate and 2,300 graduate students.

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David Finkelhor, director of the UNH Crimes against Children Research Center.

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