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Daniel S. Nagin, PhD Biography
Title:	Professor of Public Policy and Statistics at Carnegie Mellon University
Position:	None Found to the question "Should the Death Penalty Be Allowed?"
Reasoning:	No position found as of Feb. 27, 2013
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:	Associate Dean of Faculty, Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University, 2006-present Adjunct Professor of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, 2005-present Professor of Public Policy and Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University, 1999-present Chair, Committee on Deterrence and the Death Penalty, National Research Council, 2010-2011 Member, MacArthur Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice, 2003-2007 Member, MacArthur Network on Social Interactions and Economic Outcomes, 2000-2005 Professor of Management, Carnegie Mellon University, 1986-1998 Deputy Secretary for Fiscal Policy and Analysis, Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, 1981-1986 Associate Professor of Public Policy and Operations Research, Carnegie Mellon University, 1979-1981 Senior Associate, Cambridge Systematics, 1978-1979 Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Duke University, 1976-1978 Systems Analyst, New York Academy of Medicine, 1972-1973
Education:	PhD, Urban and Public Affairs, Carnegie Mellon University, 1976 MS, Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University, 1971 BS, Administrative and Managerial Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, 1971
Contact Info:	Phone: 412-268-8474 Fax: None found Email: [email protected] Website: Faculty profile
Select Publications:	"Deterrence: A Review of the Evidence by a Criminologist for Economists," Annual Review of Economics, Winter 2013 Coedited with John V. Pepper, Deterrence and the Death Penalty, 2012 "Does the Time Cause the Crime? An Examination of the Relationship Between Time Served and Reoffending in the Netherlands," Criminology, 2011 "Prisons Do Not Reduce Recidivism: The High Cost of Ignoring Science," The Prison Journal, 2011 "Imprisonment and Crime: Can Both be Reduced?," Criminology and Public Police, 2011 "Using the Group Based Trajectory Modeling To Study Crime Over the Life Course," Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 2010 "Model Uncertainty and the Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment," American Law and Economics Review, 2009 Group-Based Modeling of Development, 2005 Deterrence and Incapacitation: Estimating the Effects of Criminal Sanctions on Crime Rates, 1978 Does the Weapon Matter?, 1977
Other:	Member, Committee on the Causes and Consequences of High Incarceration Rates, National Research Council, 2012-present Member, Center Advancing Longitudinal Drug Abuse Research, University of California Los Angeles, 2005-present Member, American Statistical Association, 2000-present Member, American Society of Criminology, 1986-present Member, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, 1986-present