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050	0	0	_aHA29 _b.S493 2010
049			_aMAIN
245	1	0	_aSex, drugs, and body counts : _bthe politics of numbers in global crime and conflict / _cedited by Peter Andreas and Kelly M. Greenhill.
260			_aIthaca : _bCornell University Press, _c(c)2010.
300			_a1 online resource
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
340			_2rdacc _0http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAColourContent/1003
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505	0	0	_aIntroduction : the politics of numbers / _rPeter Andreas and Kelly M. Greenhill -- _tThe politics of measuring illicit flows and policy effectiveness / _rPeter Andreas -- _tTrafficking in numbers : the social construction of human trafficking data / _rDavid A. Feingold -- _tNumbers and certification : assessing foreign compliance in combating narcotics and human trafficking / _rH. Richard Friman -- _tThe illusiveness of counting "victims" and the concreteness of ranking countries : trafficking in persons from Colombia to Japan / _rKay B. Warren -- _tCounting the cost : the politics of numbers in armed conflict / _rKelly M. Greenhill -- _tResearch and repercussions of death tolls : the case of the Bosnian book of the dead / _rLara J. Nettelfield -- _tThe ambiguous genocide : the U.S. State Department and the death toll in Darfur / _rJohn Hagan and Wenona Rymond-Richmond -- _tAccounting for absence : the Colombian paramilitaries in U.S. policy debates / _rWinifred Tate -- _t(Mis)measuring success in countering the financing of terrorism / _rSue E. Eckert and Thomas J. Biersteker -- _tConclusion : the numbers in politics / _rPeter Andreas and Kelly M. Greenhill.
520	1		_a""Sex, Drugs, and Body Counts is terrific. It demonstrates that quantitative misrepresentation is not an idiosyncratic problem but one that is widespread and often detrimental. The authors make sense of the numbers that are thrown around so liberally by interested parties and which so often influence or even determine important and costly public policies."--John Mueller, Ohio State University" ""Statistics can be like sausages: the more you know about how they're produced, the less appetizing they seem. Each essay in this excellent collection explores how political considerations rework best guesses and stab-in-the-dark estimates into h̀ard numbers' that, in turn, are used to justify international policies on human trafficking, illicit drugs, and warfare, Readers risk losing their complacent confidence in ẁhat the data show.'"--Joel Best, University of Delaware, author of Stat-Spotting: A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data" ""This is a terrific, innovative, and coherent volume that combines the insights of The Wire with outstanding recent scholarship. Puncturing many myths-sometimes uncomfortably so-chapters both systematic and vivid show the dangers of basing public policy on numbers that no one should count on, including exaggerating numbers of victims or, the opposite, deliberately downplaying gross state violations. The authors show how and why unreliable numbers persist, what it takes-politically and methodologically-to develop better estimates, and why it matters. Not uncontroversial, Sex, Drugs, and Body Counts will be of great interest to social scientists, policy wonks, and the wider reading public."--Lynn Eden, Stanford University" ""Scoffing at the politicization of numbers in policy debates is now standard fare. This book is the first to move from scoffing to a serious analysis of the process of politicization."--Peter Reuter, University of Maryland College Park."
520	8		_a""This intriguing collection of essays is a refreshing counterpoint to the all too commonly accepted view that numbers and only numbers matter to scholarship and to policy and that such numbers are but neutral and accurate reflections of fact. This volume ably demonstrates the dangers of problematic statistics and dubious measures in the fields of armed conflict and transnational crime. Its findings should generate an abundance of healthy skepticism."--Martha Crenshaw, Stanford University"--Jacket.
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650		0	_aStatistics _xPolitical aspects _vCase studies.
650		0	_aTransnational crime _xStatistics _xPolitical aspects _vCase studies.
650		0	_aInternational relations _xStatistics _xPolitical aspects _vCase studies.
650		0	_aPolicy sciences _xStatistical methods _vCase studies.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
700	1		_aAndreas, Peter, _d1965- _e5
700	1		_aGreenhill, Kelly M., _d1970- _e5
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=673639&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell