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Citations
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award
  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Philip J. Cook is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the Social Sciences, with significant contributions in health, sociology and political science, radiation, clinical psychology, and education subfields.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Gun Ownership and Violence Research
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Policing Practices and Perceptions
  • Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
  • School Choice and Performance
  • X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis

Philip J. Cook has authored numerous papers, some of the recent notable publications are:

  • Thinking about gun violence, 2020, Criminology & Public Policy
  • The emerging infrastructure of US firearms injury data, 2022, Preventive Medicine
  • Not Too Late: Improving Academic Outcomes among Adolescents, 2023, American Economic Review
  • Underground Gun Markets and the Flow of Illegal Guns into the Bronx and Brooklyn: A Mixed Methods Analysis, 2020, Journal of Urban Health
  • Children drinking private well water have higher blood lead than those with city water, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Kristin A. Goss (13 publications)
  • Anthony A. Braga (4 publications)
  • Henning Friis Poulsen (4 publications)
  • Susan T. Parker (3 publications)
  • John J. Donohue (3 publications)

The most common venues for their publications are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (8 publications)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (3 publications)
  • Preventive Medicine (2 publications)
  • Policing An International Journal (2 publications)
  • JAMA Network Open (2 publications)

In addition to journal articles, Philip J. Cook has authored books published by Oxford University Press, including The Gun Debate (2020).

They were elected as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 2001.

Best Publications

  • The Winner-Take-All Society: Why the Few at the Top Get So Much More Than the Rest of Us

    Robert H. Frank;Philip J. Cook

  • The Winner-Take-All Society

    Douglas M. Walker;Robert H. Frank;Philip J. Cook

  • Selling Hope: State Lotteries in America

    Charles T Clotfelter;Philip J Cook

  • The Demand for Insurance and Protection: The Case of Irreplaceable Commodities

    Philip J. Cook;Daniel A. Graham

  • The Effect of Liquor Taxes on Heavy Drinking

    Philip J. Cook;George Tauchen

  • The Unprecedented Epidemic in Youth Violence

    Philip J. Cook;John H. Laub

  • Research in Criminal Deterrence: Laying the Groundwork for the Second Decade

    Philip J. Cook

  • Gun Violence: The Real Costs

    Philip J. Cook;Jens Ludwig

  • The Demand and Supply of Criminal Opportunities

    Philip J. Cook

  • Homicide and suicide rates associated with implementation of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.

    Jens Ludwig;Philip J. Cook

  • Notes: The Gambler's Fallacy in Lottery Play

    Charles T. Clotfelter;Philip J. Cook

  • Crime and the Business Cycle

    Philip J. Cook;Gary A. Zarkin

  • Drinking and schooling

    Philip J Cook;Michael J Moore

  • State and Local Prevalence of Firearms Ownership Measurement, Structure, and Trends

    Deborah R. Azrael;Philip J. Cook;Margaret Miller

  • The Technology of Personal Violence

    Philip J. Cook

  • Cigarette taxes and youth smoking : New evidence from national, state, and local Youth Risk Behavior Surveys

    Christopher Carpenter;Philip J. Cook

  • Weighing the “burden of ‘acting white’”: Are there race differences in attitudes toward education?

    Philip J. Cook;Jens Ludwig

  • On the Economics of State Lotteries

    Charles T. Clotfelter;Philip J. Cook

  • The winner-take-all society : how more and more Americans compete for ever fewer and bigger prizes, encouraging economic waste, income inequality, and an impoverished cultural life

    Alan Wolfe;Robert H. Frank;Philip J. Cook

  • The Economics Of Alcohol Abuse And Alcohol-Control Policies

    Philip J. Cook;Michael J. Moore

  • The Social Costs of Gun Ownership

    Phillip J Cook;Jens Ludwig

  • Public Safety through Private Action: an Economic Assessment of BIDS*

    Philip J. Cook;John MacDonald

  • Regulating Gun Markets

    Philip J. Cook;Stephanie Molliconi;Thomas B. Cole

  • THE EFFECT OF MINIMUM DRINKING AGE LEGISLATION ON YOUTHFUL AUTO FATALITIES, 1970-1977

    Philip J. Cook;George Tauchen

  • An Experimental Evaluation of a Comprehensive Employment-Oriented Prisoner Re-entry Program

    Philip J. Cook;Songman Kang;Anthony A. Braga;Jens Ludwig

  • The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know®

    Philip J. Cook;Kristin A. Goss

  • Evaluating gun policy : effects on crime and violence

    Jens Ludwig;Philip J. Cook

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony A. Braga
Anthony A. Braga University of Pennsylvania
Garen J. Wintemute
Garen J. Wintemute University of California, Davis
Jacob L. Vigdor
Jacob L. Vigdor University of Washington
Robert J. MacCoun
Robert J. MacCoun Stanford University
Harold A. Pollack
Harold A. Pollack University of Chicago
John M. MacDonald
John M. MacDonald University of Pennsylvania
John H. Laub
John H. Laub University of Maryland, College Park
Kenneth A. Dodge
Kenneth A. Dodge Duke University
Magdalena Cerdá
Magdalena Cerdá New York University
Jan Ostermann
Jan Ostermann University of South Carolina

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