Title: An argument for documenting casualties
First published: 2008
Description: This study examines available open-source data on Iraqi civilian fatalities and assesses problems associated with previous collection efforts. The authors present a new and more robust RAND Corporation Iraqi civilian violence dataset from which they derive observations about trends in targeting and weapons in 2006. These findings lead to a proposed framework for future civilian fatality data-collection efforts in Iraq and beyond.
Subjects: Statistics, Counterinsurgency, Civilian war casualties, Violent deaths, Casualties, Iraq War, 2003-, Iraq War, 2003-2011, Insurgency
Places: Iraq, Statistics
LC classification: DS79.76 .H33 2008