The Costs of Crime and Justice 2nd Edition

Author: Mark A. Cohen
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781138363663
Published In: February 2020
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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This book presents a comprehensive view of the financial and non-financial consequences of criminal behavior, crime prevention, and society’s response to crime. Crime costs are far-reaching, including medical costs, lost wages, property damage and pain, suffering, and reduced quality of life for victims and the public at large; police, courts, and prisons; and offenders and their families who may suffer consequences incidental to any punishment they receive for committing crime.

The book provides a comprehensive economic framework and overview of the empirical methodologies used to estimate costs of crime. It provides an assessment of what is known and where the gaps in knowledge are in understanding the costs and consequences of crime. Individual chapters focus on victims, governments, as well as the public at large. Separate chapters detail the various methodologies used to estimate crime costs, while two chapters are devoted to policy analysis – both cost-effectiveness and benefit-cost analysis. The second edition is completely updated and expanded since the first edition in 2005. All cost estimates have also been updated. In addition, due to a significant increase in the number of studies on the cost of crime, new chapters focus on the costs to offenders and their families; white-collar and corporate crime; and the cost of crime estimates around the world.

Understanding the costs of crime can lead to important insights and policy conclusions – both for criminal justice policy and other social ills that compete with crime for government funding. Thus, the target audience for this book includes criminologists and policy makers who are seeking to apply rigorous social science methods to assist in developing appropriate criminal justice policies. Note that the book is non-technical and does not assume the reader is conversant in economics or statistics.

List of Tables

List of Figures

List of Boxes

Preface

Acknowledgments

PART ONE – INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1 - Introduction and Overview

Chapter 2 - An Economic Approach to Crime and Costing Methodologies

PART TWO: BOTTOM-UP ESTIMATES OF THE COST OF CRIME AND JUSTICE

Chapter 3 - Victim Costs

Chapter 4 - Public Sector Costs

Chapter 5 - Third-Party Costs