DISTRIBUTION OF THE COST OF CRIME (FROM READINGS IN CORRECTIONAL ECONOMICS - SEE NCJ-35710)

• NCJ Number: 35715
• Author(s): H ULBRICH; L NORDQUIST
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 19 pages
• Corporate Author: American Bar Assoc.
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE COSTS TO AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF CRIME COSTS AMONG VICTIMS, CRIMINALS, AND SOCIETY WAS COMPUTED FOR THE UNITED STATES IN 1972.

Abstract

THE TOTAL COST OF CRIME IN 1972 IS ESTIMATED TO BE $32.406 BILLION, OF WHICH $20.875 BILLION WAS BORNE BY VICTIMS, $.960 BILLION BY CRIMINALS AND $10.571 BILLION BY SOCIETY, A PERCENTAGE DIVISION OF COSTS TO VICTIMS 64.4 PERCENT, COSTS TO CRIMINALS 3.0 PERCENT, AND COSTS TO SOCIETY 32.6 PERCENT. PROPERTY CRIME ACCOUNTS FOR MORE THAN HALF THE VICTIMS' LOSSES, WITH LARCENY AND FRAUD BEING THE TWO LARGEST CATEGORIES OF OFFENSE. TOGETHER THEY ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF ESTIMATED PROPERTY CRIME LOSSES. ASSAULT IS THE MOST COMMON VIOLENT CRIME AND ACCOUNTS FOR NEARLY THREE-FOURTHS OF VIOLENT CRIME IN DOLLAR TERMS AND ABOUT ONE-THIRD THE TOTAL COST OF CRIME TO VICTIMS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)