Lies, damned lies, and drug war statistics
Subtitle: a critical analysis of claims made by the Office of National Drug Control Policy
By: Matthew B. Robinson and Renee G. Scherlen
Contributors: Scherlen, Renee G., 1962-
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9781438448374; 9781438448381
Subjects: United States; Statistics; Government policy; Drug control; Drug abuse; United States. Office of National Drug Control Policy
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-305) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: About America's drug war; title: Methodology; title: Claims about reducing drug use; title: Claims about disrupting drug markets and claims about costs of drug abuse; title: A fair assessment of America's drug war; title: Conclusions and policy recommendations.