Sex, drugs, and body counts: the politics of numbers in global crime and conflict

Introduction : the politics of numbers / Peter Andreas and Kelly M. Greenhill -- The politics of measuring illicit flows and policy effectiveness / Peter Andreas -- Trafficking in numbers : the social construction of human trafficking data / David A. Feingold -- Numbers and certification : assessing...

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Contributors: Andreas, Peter 1965- (Editor) ; Greenhill, Kelly M. 1970- (Other)
Format: Print Book Statistics
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, NY [u.a.] Cornell University Press 2010
In:Year: 2010
Online Access: Table of Contents (Publisher)
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 4498
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Keywords:
Statistics > Political aspects > Case studies
Transnational Crime > Statistics > Political aspects > Case studies
International Relations > Statistics > Political aspects > Case studies
Policy sciences > Statistical methods > Case studies
Politische Methode
Statistische Methode
Politikwissenschaft
Kriminalität
Kriminalitätsopfer <Anzahl>
Opfer
Kriminalität > Organisierte Kriminalität > Global > Menschenhandel > Drogenhandel > Prostitution > Kriegführung > Kriegstote > Statistische Methoden > Politische Meinung/Einstellung > Vereinigte Staaten
Statistik
Aufsatzsammlung
Kriminalstatistik > Politik
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Summary:Introduction : the politics of numbers / Peter Andreas and Kelly M. Greenhill -- The politics of measuring illicit flows and policy effectiveness / Peter Andreas -- Trafficking in numbers : the social construction of human trafficking data / David A. Feingold -- Numbers and certification : assessing foreign compliance in combating narcotics and human trafficking / H. Richard Friman -- The illusiveness of counting "victims" and the concreteness of ranking countries : trafficking in persons from Colombia to Japan / Kay B. Warren -- Counting the cost : the politics of numbers in armed conflict / Kelly M. Greenhill -- Research and repercussions of death tolls : the case of the Bosnian book of the dead / Lara J. Nettelfield -- The ambiguous genocide : the U.S. State Department and the death toll in Darfur / John Hagan and Wenona Rymond-Richmond -- Accounting for absence : the Colombian paramilitaries in U.S. policy debates / Winifred Tate -- (Mis)measuring success in countering the financing of terrorism / Sue E. Eckert and Thomas J. Biersteker -- Conclusion : the numbers in politics / Peter Andreas and Kelly M. Greenhill
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:IX, 287 S., graph. Darst.
ISBN:978-0-8014-7618-1
978-0-8014-4861-4