New Evidence on the Monetary Value of Saving a High Risk Youth

By Mark A. Cohen, Alex R. Piquero. 2009

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Subfields: General Decision Sciences, Sociology and Political Science

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Research Note (2017, background): “…adolescent offenders represents a critically important opportunity among the policy-relevant group, given the potential impact that their continued offending and its consequences may have on the youth, their families, and society more generally (see Cohen & Piquero, 2009; Mulvey et al., 2004).”
Blessed Be the Social Tie That Binds (2013, background): “Moreover, research has shown that criminal offending can be even more costly to society (Cohen & Piquero, 2009).”
Do Social Bonds Buffer the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Reoffending? (2017, background): “…on these individuals early in life would serve to not only reduce crime but also help these individuals avoid other negative outcomes in physical and mental health domains as well and reduce the social and financial burdens taken on society by the most chronic offenders (cf. Cohen & Piquero, 2009).”
Do the victims of school bullies tend to become depressed later in life? A systematic review and meta‐analysis of longitudinal studies (2011, background): “In light of evidence on the monetary value of saving a high-risk youth (Cohen and Piquero, 2009), an effective programme for school bullies and victims would have a high benefit:cost ratio.”
The Economic Value of Opportunity Youth (2012, background): “Their estimates, which adopt a social perspective, are of a total lifetime present value burden of $0.93 million for a heavy drug user and $2.8 million for a chronic offender (Cohen and Piquero, 2009, Table 12).”
Murder by numbers: monetary costs imposed by a sample of homicide offenders (2010, methodology): “Third, when discounted to birth, Cohen and Piquero (2009) reported that the present value of saving a high-risk youth ranged from $2.6 million to $4.4 million.”
The Economic Value of Social and Emotional Learning (2015, methodology): “32 There has also been a cost-effectiveness analysis of LST compared with other programs that may reduce prescription drug abuse (Crowley et al., 2014). 33 Ideally, the full ingredients approach should be applied to a version of LST that had been evaluated. However, the identities of recently-evalua”
Violence and Externalizing Behavior Among Youth in the United States (2014, background): “…indicate that the behavioral and collateral consequences of severe antisocial behavior are enormous and widespread resulting in likely billions in justice system, victimization, mental health, and associated costs (Cohen, 1998; Cohen & Piquero, 2009; DeLisi & Gatling, 2003; DeLisi et al., 2010).”