Cost of crime
The costs of crime have become an increasingly important tool for decision-makers concerned with crime and its impact on society. They help make explicit judgements about the relative merits of alternative policies and programmes which are already implicit in decision-making about how to allocate resources to tackling crime – both overall and between different types of crime. However, the supply of good quality information on costs has not kept pace with the demand for it. This study takes the first steps to addressing this problem. Crime reduction and criminal policy is making progress but still a fair way behind some areas of government in using evidence of effectiveness and cost effectiveness as the basis for setting priorities and allocating resources. Many other departments routinely carry out detailed cost-benefit appraisals and evaluations of new social policies. The Government’s Crime Reduction Programme, and challenging new Public Service Agreements for the Home Office, Criminal Justice System and other government bodies, are contributing to an increased awareness of the role that cost of crime estimates can play in comparing the costs of initiatives with the likely benefits that they can achieve.
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