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.
Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2014]Copyright date: �2014Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resource (330 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781438448374 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9781438448381 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9781438448398 (e-book)
- 363.450973 23
- HV5825 .R63 2013eb
eBooks
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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.