CREDIBLE RESEARCH PRACTICES TO INFORM DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT |
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| Authors: | CHARLES F MANSKI |
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| Institution: | Charles F. Manski is Board of Trustees Professor in Economics at Northwestern University. His research spans econometrics, judgement and decision, and the analysis of social policy. He is author of Identification Problems in the Social Sciences;(Harvard, 1995) and co-editor of Evaluating Welfare and Training Programs (Harvard, 1992). He has served as Editor of the Journal of Human Resources, Director of the Institute for Research on Poverty, and Chair of the National Research Council Committee on Data and Research for Policy on Illegal Drugs. Manski is an elected fellow of the Econometric Society, The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. |
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| Abstract: | Chairing the recent National Research Council Committee on Data and Research for Policy on Illegal Drugs, I learned that our nation has invested little in research on drug law enforcement and that the limited available research does not provide a credible basis for formation of drug control policy. This commentary conjectures reasons for the distressing status quo and recommends changes in research practices that may improve matters. |
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| Keywords: | Drug Law Enforcement Drug Policy National Research Council Policy Research |
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