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 BContributor(s): Scherlen, Renee G, 1962-Material type: TextTextPublisher: 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 resourceISBN: 9781438448398Subject(s): United States. Office of National Drug Control Policy | Drug control -- United States | Drug control -- United States -- Statistics | Drug abuse -- Government policy -- United States | Drug abuse -- United States -- StatisticsGenre/Form: 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 LOC classification: HV5825 | .R63 2013Online resources: Click to View
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.

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.

"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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