{"product_id":"sex-drugs-and-body-counts-peter-andreas-9780801476181","title":"Sex, Drugs, and Body Counts: The Politics of Numbers in Global Crime and Conflict","description":"\u003cp\u003eBig, attention-grabbing numbers are frequently used in policy debates and media reporting: \"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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 \u003ci\u003eSex, Drugs, and Body Counts\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003e Peter Andreas, Brown University; Thomas J. Biersteker, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies-Geneva; Sue E. Eckert, Brown University; David A. Feingold, Ophidian Research Institute and UNESCO; H. Richard Friman, Marquette University; Kelly M. Greenhill, Tufts University and Harvard University; John Hagan, Northwestern University; Lara J. Nettelfield, Institut Barcelona D'Estudis Internacionals and Simon Fraser University; Wenona Rymond-Richmond, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Winifred Tate, Colby College; Kay B. Warren, Brown University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Andreas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801476186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801476181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.08w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2010 pg. 95","brand":"Peter Andreas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059732476159,"sku":"9780801476181","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b4e82946-0273-4244-9aac-2ca21956bc54.jpg?v=1685060002","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sex-drugs-and-body-counts-peter-andreas-9780801476181","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}