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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. [electronic resource]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resource (330 pages) : illustrationsISBN:
  • 9781438448398 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: 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 23
LOC classification:
  • HV5825 .R63 2013
Online resources:
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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Ebook TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

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.

Description based on print version record.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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