Lies, damned lies, and drug war statistics : a critical analysis of claims made by the Office of National Drug Control Policy / Matthew B. Robinson and Renee G. Scherlen.

By:

Robinson, Matthew B

Contributor(s):

Scherlen, Renee G, 1962-

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2014]Copyright date: �2014Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resource (330 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781438448398 (e-book)

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Lies, damned lies, and drug war statistics : a critical analysis of claims made by the Office of National Drug Control Policy.DDC classification:

363.450973 23

LOC classification:

HV5825 .R63 2013

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Contents:

Introduction -- About America's drug war -- Methodology -- Claims about reducing drug use -- Claims about disrupting drug markets and claims about costs of drug abuse -- A fair assessment of America's drug war -- Conclusions and policy recommendations.

Summary: "Revised and updated edition that analyses how the Office of National Drug Control Policy employs statistics to misleadingly claim the War on Drugs is a success"--Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Revised and updated edition that analyses how the Office of National Drug Control Policy employs statistics to misleadingly claim the War on Drugs is a success"--Provided by publisher.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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