1st Edition
Costs and Benefits of Preventing Crime
306 Pages
by
Routledge
308 Pages
by
Routledge
308 Pages
by
Routledge
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What are the cost savings from preventing a typical burglary, robbery, assault, or even a criminal career? Who benefits from these savings? How often do the benefits from preventing crime or criminal behavior exceed the resources spent on preventing or controlling crime? Is it more cost-effective to invest in early childhood programs or juvenile boot camps to reduce criminal offending? These are... Read more
Foreword , Preface , Introduction , Assessing the Economic Costs and Benefits of Crime Prevention , Methods and Perspectives of Economic Analysis , The Crime Victim's Perspective in Cost-Benefit Analysis , Quantitative Exploration of the Pandora's Box of Treatment and Supervision , Economic Analysis Findings , A Review of Research on the Monetary Value of Preventing Crime , Estimating the Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions , The Comparative Costs and Benefits of Programs to Reduce Crime , International Policy Perspectives , Evaluation of the United Kingdom's Crime Reduction Programme , Economic Analysis of Crime Prevention , Recent Evolution of Governmental Crime Prevention Strategies and Implications for Evaluation and Economic Analysis , Future Directions , Measuring Economic Benefits of Developmental Prevention Programs , Improving Confidence in What Works and Saves Money in Preventing Crime
Biography
Brandon Welsh
