pt. I. Natural disasters -- pt. II. Man-made disasters -- pt. III. Terrorism and criminal acts -- pt. IV. Nuclear, biological, and chemical disasters -- pt. V. Disasters occurring in museums, libraries and archives -- pt. VI. Final thoughts.

A considerable amount of attention has been afforded the randomized response approach over the past decade in an attempt to refine this method of reducing evasive answer bias in surveys of sensitive information. In this article we review these developments in an introductory fashion and address...