Human Rights and Statistics : Getting the Record Straight / Thomas B. Jabine, Richard P. Claude.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Claude, Richard P., Editor.

Jabine, Thomas B., Editor.

Series:

Pennsylvania studies in human rights.

Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Statistical methods.

Human rights.

Human rights--Statistical services.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 458 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

Reprint 2016

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Effective human rights advocacy and research require the use of statistics, carefully collected and objectively analyzed and presented, using the best techniques available. Statistics that lack credibility are of little value. Those that can be defended against critics can be effective in throwing the light on violations and promoting the observance of human rights for all. The contributors to this book, including experts in political science, public health, law, forensic pathology, and statistics, illustrate good statistical practice in the field of human rights and show the importance of collaboration between statisticians and other professionals. The treatment is largely nonmathematical, and the examples provide broad coverage of all features of the collection and use of statistical data on human rights violations. For readers who would like to do their own analyses, an extensive guide to human rights data sources is included. This book is the first to describe and summarize important issues associated with the collection and uses of human rights statistics.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part I. Overview

INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1. Exploring Human Rights Issues with Statistics

Chapter 2. The Limitations of Using Quantitative Data in Studying Human Rights Abuses

Chapter 3. Use of Incomplete and Distorted Data in Inference About Human Rights Violations

Part II. Developing Human Rights Data

EVENTS-BASED DATA

Chapter 4. Guidelines for Field Reporting of Basic Human Rights Violations

Chapter 5. HURIDOCS Standard Formats as a Tool in the Documentation of Human Rights Violations

Chapter 6. The Rights of Collectivities: Principles and Procedures in Measuring the Human Rights Status of Communal and Political Groups

STANDARDS-BASED DATA

Chapter 7. Political Rights and Political Liberties in Nations: An Evaluation of Human Rights Measures, 1950 to 1984

Chapter 8. Problems of Concept and Measurement in the Study of Human Rights

THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS

Chapter 9. Human Rights Reporting as a Policy Tool: An Examination of the State Department Country Reports

Chapter 10. Human Rights Reporting in Two Nations: A Comparison of the United States and Norway

Part III. Analyzing Human Rights Data

Chapter 11. Statistical Evidence of Racial Disparities in Death Sentencing: A Critical Analysis of McCleskey?. Kemp

Chapter 12. A Statistical Analysis of Dutch Human Rights Case Law

Chapter 13. An Epidemiology of Homicide: Ningún Nombre Burials in the Province of Buenos Aires from 1970 to 1984

Chapter 14. New Patterns of Oppression: An Updated Analysis of Human Rights Data

DATA SOURCES

Chapter 15. A Guide to Human Rights Data Sources

Contributors

Index

Backmatter

Chapter 11. Statistical Evidence of Racial Disparities in Death Sentencing: A Critical Analysis of McCleskey ν. Kemp

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781512802863

1512802867

9780585172699

0585172692

OCLC:

979625077