NCJ Number
242437
Date Published
August 2009
Length
19 pages
Annotation
This paper is the final activity report for the MMECC (Mainstreaming Methodology for Estimating the Costs of Crime) Project.
Abstract
The MMECC (Mainstreaming Methodology for Estimating the Costs of Crime) Project was begun as a way to extend awareness of the methodology for estimating the costs of crime. The project was conducted by researchers from various facilities and institutions around the world including the University of York, the Economic and Resource Analysis Unit at the Home Office in London, the WODC: The Hague, Netherlands, the National Police Board in Sweden, and FEDEA: Madrid. The projects goals included audits of the methodology used by member states for estimating the costs of crime and the application of the resulting estimates in real-world criminal justice policy settings; bringing stakeholders together to share findings about the audits; compilation of a series of resources; and dissemination of information about the methodology and the project. This final report contains an overview of the project's methodology and findings, a listing of various ways that the information has been disseminated, including a list of publications by project participants, a list of conferences and seminars at which the project's findings have been presented, and a table containing an overview of the project's output. Information contained in the table includes the proposed/actual date of the output, the type of output (presentation, publication, seminar, conference), the type of audience, the countries addressed by the output, the expected size of the audience, and the project participant responsible for the output.