The Costs of Crime and Justice

By Mark A. Cohen. 2004

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1. Introduction 2. An Economic Approach to Crime and Costing Methodologies 3. Victim Costs 4. Third Party and Society Costs 5. Policy Analysis and the Cost of Crime

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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The Rate of Return to the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program (2010, unknown): “60 See Browning (1987), Heckman and Smith (1998), Heckman et al. (1999), and Feldstein (1999) for discussion of estimates of deadweight costs.”
Murder by numbers: monetary costs imposed by a sample of homicide offenders (2010, background): “It has been shown that the average cost of a career criminal or highrisk delinquent ranges from $1 million to nearly $6 million (Cohen, 1998, 2005; Cohen & Piquero, 2009; DeLisi & Gatling, 2003).”
Foundation for a temperament-based theory of antisocial behavior and criminal justice system involvement (2014, background): “The moral, spiritual, and fiscal costs of crime are extraordinary, and the burdens imposed by the most severe offenders are shockingly high (Cohen, 2005; Cohen, Piquero, & Jennings, 2010; DeLisi & Gatling, 2003; DeLisi et al., 2010).”
The cost of crime to society: new crime-specific estimates for policy and program evaluation. (2010, unknown): “ong-term medical costs or insurance costs (Cohen, 2005).”
The Economic Payoff to Investing in Educational Justice (2009, methodology): “mental health costs are not included (Cohen, 2005).”
Public preferences for rehabilitation versus incarceration of juvenile offenders (2010, background): “…for analyzing criminal justice policy with respect to the prevention of crimes (Cohen, 2005, p. 5), such estimates also provide a useful means of comparing different types of crime prevention efforts which can assist in public policy decision-making (Cohen, 2005, pp. 6-7; DiIulio, 1990, p. 51).”