Biography:

Criminologist. Born– March 7, 1901, Birmingham. Parents– Benjamin Andrew and Sarah (Sallie) Osborne Cooper. Married– Claire Virginia Averyt. Children– Three. Education– Birmingham Southern College, A.B., M.A. Taught at Phillips High School in Birmingham; member of the Bar of the State of Alabama; criminologist after 1933.  Major, U. S. Army. Served as chancellor of the National Law Enforcement Standards and executive vice president of the International Academy of Criminology. Member of the American Society of Criminology and the Retired Officers Association. Died July 13, 1986.

Source:

International Yearbook and Statesman’s Who’s Who, 1977.

Publication(s):

Crossville. Chicago; Adams, 1965.

Investigator’s Manual on Drugs and Narcotics. North Miami, Fla.; National Law Enforcement Academy, 1970.

It’s About Phillipians. Birmingham, Ala.; Trade Type, 1973.

Lab Cop. London; Cooper, 1975.

Over My Shoulder. Philadelphia; Dorrance, 1948.

Third Person Singular. Chicago; Adams Press, 1969.