Phillip J. Cook, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Professor of Public Policy at Duke University
- Position:
- Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Should the Death Penalty Be Allowed?"
- Reasoning:
-
“If the death penalty had been abolished on July 1, 2004, state government expenditures for processing murder cases would have fallen by $10.8 million per year… The bottom line is that the death penalty is a financial burden on the state and a resource-absorbing burden on the trial courts.”
“Potential Savings from Abolition of the Death Penalty in North Carolina,” American Law and Economics Review, Dec. 11, 2009
- Involvement and Affiliations:
-
- Professor, Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University, 1973-present
- Schelling Visiting Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, 2008-2009
- Recipient, Raymond Vernon Memorial Prize for best paper in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2008
- Recipient, Richard A. Stubbing Teacher Mentor Award, 2008
- Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 2001-present
- Fellow, American Society of Criminology, 2000-present
- Visiting Scholar, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2000
- Director and Chair of, Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University, 1985-1989, 1997-1999
- Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1996-present
- Visiting Professor, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, 1989-1990
- Consultant, Criminal Division, US Department of Justice, 1982
- Visiting Scholar, Institute for Research in Social Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Fall 1980
- Recipient, Special Career Fellowship, Ford Foundation, 1968-1972
- Member, Committee on Law and Justice, National Research Council
- Honorary Fellow, American Society of Criminology
- Education:
-
- PhD, Economics, University of California at Berkeley, 1973
- BA, high distinction, University of Michigan, 1968
- Other:
-
- Former Member, Division Committee for the Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
- Former Consultant, Enforcement Division, US Department of Treasury