Statistical Methods for Human Rights

He has done human rights statistics in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Peru, Guatemala, East Timor and Columbia, and he advises the Country of Georgia on their Millennium Challenge proposal

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Asher, Jana (Editor), Banks, David (Editor), Scheuren, Fritz J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2008, 2008
Edition:1st ed. 2008
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Statistical Thinking on Human Rights Topics
  • The Statistics of Genocide
  • Why Estimate Direct and Indirect Casualties from War? The Rule of Proportionality and Casualty Estimates
  • Statistical Thinking and Data Analysis: Enhancing Human Rights Work
  • Recent Projects
  • Hidden in Plain Sight: X.X. Burials and the Desaparecidos in the Department of Guatemala, 1977–1986
  • The Demography of Conflict-Related Mortality in Timor-Leste (1974–1999): Reflections on Empirical Quantitative Measurement of Civilian Killings, Disappearances, and Famine-Related Deaths
  • Afghan Refugee Camp Surveys in Pakistan, 2002
  • Metagora: An Experiment in the Measurement of Democratic Governance
  • History and Future Possibilities
  • Human Rights of Statisticians and Statistics of Human Rights: Early History of the American Statistical Association’s Committee on Scientific Freedom and Human Rights
  • Obtaining Evidence for the International Criminal Court Using Data and Quantitative Analysis
  • New Issues in Human Rights Statistics
  • Statistics and the Millennium Development Goals
  • A FinalWord of Warning
  • Using Population Data Systems to Target Vulnerable Population Subgroups and Individuals: Issues and Incidents