Sex, Drugs, and Body Counts: The Politics of Numbers in Global Crime and Conflict
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Sex, Drugs, and Body Counts: The Politics of Numbers in Global Crime and Conflict

Sex, Drugs, and Body Counts: The Politics of Numbers in Global Crime and Conflict

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Peter Andreas (Contributor) Kelly M. Greenhill (Contributor)  

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At least 200,000-250,000 people died in the war in Bosnia. "There are three million child soldiers in Africa." "More than 650,000 civilians have been killed as a result of the U.S. occupation of Iraq." "Between 600,000 and 800,000 women are trafficked across borders every year." "Money laundering represents as much as 10 percent of global GDP." "Internet child porn is a $20 billion-a-year industry." These are big, attention-grabbing numbers, frequently used in policy debates and media reporting. Peter Andreas and Kelly M. Greenhill see only one problem: these numbers are probably false. Their continued use and abuse reflect a much larger and troubling pattern: policymakers and the media naively or deliberately accept highly politicized and questionable statistical claims about activities that are extremely difficult to measure. As a result, we too often become trapped by these mythical numbers, with perverse and counterproductive consequences. This problem exists in myriad policy realms. But it is particularly pronounced in statistics related to the politically charged realms of global crime and conflict-numbers of people killed in massacres and during genocides, the size of refugee flows, the magnitude of the illicit global trade in drugs and human beings, and so on. In Sex, Drugs, and Body Counts, political scientists, anthropologists, sociologists, and policy analysts critically examine the murky origins of some of these statistics and trace their remarkable proliferation. They also assess the standard metrics used to evaluate policy effectiveness in combating problems such as terrorist financing, sex trafficking, and the drug trade. CPSIA choking or other US hazard warning - No California Proposition 65 hazard warning necessary
Peter Andreas is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Brown University. His books include edition, and Blue Helmets and Black Markets: The Business of Survival in the Siege of Sarajevo, both from Cornell.Kelly M. Greenhill is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Tufts University and Visiting Associate Profssor and Senior REsearch Scholar at MIT. She is coeditor of The Use of Force, 8th edition.
  • Contributor: Peter Andreas
  • Imprint: Cornell University Press
  • ISBN13: 9780801476181
  • Number of Pages: 304
  • Packaged Dimensions: 152x229x21mm
  • Packaged Weight: 454
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Cornell University Press
  • Release Date: 2010-06-15
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Peter Andreas is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Brown University. His books include edition, and Blue Helmets and Black Markets: The Business of Survival in the Siege of Sarajevo, both from Cornell.Kelly M. Greenhill is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Tufts University and Visiting Associate Profssor and Senior REsearch Scholar at MIT. She is coeditor of The Use of Force, 8th edition.

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