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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
Theoretical Expertise Ranking:	Experts Individuals with MDs, JDs, PhDs, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to death penalty issues. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to death penalty issues.
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
Contact Info:	Phone: 919-613-736 Fax: 919-681-8288 Email: [email protected] Website: Professor profile at Duke University
Select Publications:	"Potential Savings from Abolition of the Death Penalty in North Carolina," American Law and Economics Review, 2009 Paying the Tab: The Costs and Benefits of Alcohol Control, 2007 “Symposium on Deterrence: Editorial Introduction,” Criminology & Public Policy, Aug. 2006 Cowritten with Jens Ludwig, Gun Violence: The Real Costs, 2000 Cowritten with CT Clotfelter, Selling Hope: State Lotteries in America, 1991 "The Implications of Deterrence and Incapacitation Research for Policy Evaluation," An Anatomy of Criminal Justice, Eds. Cleon Foust and Robert Webster, 1980 "Research in Criminal Deterrence: Laying the Groundwork for the Second Decade," Crime and Justice: An Annual Review of Research, Volume 2, Eds. Norval Morris and Michael Tonry, 1980
Other:	Former Member, Division Committee for the Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council Former Consultant, Enforcement Division, US Department of Treasury