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Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 34 (2007) 1-19
Counting casualties: A framework for respectful, useful records
Baruch Fischhoff ( ) 1, Scott Atran 2, Noam Fischhoff 1
(2007)

Counting casualties in conflict zones faces both practical and ethical concerns. Drawing on procedures from risk analysis, we propose a general approach. It represents each death by standard features, having either essential value, for capturing the social and cultural meaning of individual casualties, or instrumental value, for relating patterns of casualties to possible causes and effects. We illustrate the approach with the choices involved in attempts to record casualties in Iraq and the Israel-Palestine conflict, and with natural disasters, as exemplified by Hurricane Katrina. We advocate institutionalizing the approach, so that recording casualties increases understanding, rather than suspicion
1 :  Dept of Social and Decision Sciences
Carnegie Mellon University
2 :  Institut Jean-Nicod (IJN)
CNRS : UMR8129 – Ecole normale supérieure de Paris - ENS Paris – École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales [EHESS]
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Philosophie

Sciences cognitives

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Droit

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Science politique

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Sociologie
Risk analysis . Risk characterization . Casualties . Conflict . Forensics
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