Sex, drugs, and body counts [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of numbers in global crime and conflict / / edited by Peter Andreas and Kelly M. Greenhill

• Pubblicazione: Ithaca, NY, : Cornell University Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 pages)
• Disciplina: 363.32072/7
• Soggetto topico: Statistics - Political aspects; Transnational crime - Statistics - Political aspects; International relations - Statistics - Political aspects; Policy sciences - Statistical methods
• Altri autori: AndreasPeter <1965-> GreenhillKelly M. <1970->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Big, attention-grabbing numbers are frequently used in policy debates and media reporting: "At least 200,000-250,000 people died in the war in Bosnia." "There are three million child soldiers in Africa." "More than 650,000 civilians have been killed as a result of the U.S. occupation of Iraq." "Between 600,000 and 800,000 women are trafficked across borders every year." "Money laundering represents as much as 10 percent of global GDP." "Internet child porn is a
• Titolo autorizzato: Sex, drugs, and body counts
• ISBN: 0-8014-7618-6; 0-8014-5706-8; 0-8014-5830-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789846903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II