The Comparative Costs and Benefits of Programs to Reduce Crime

Abstract

This chapter describes estimates of the costs and benefits of programs intended to reduce criminal behavior. The primary purpose of the estimates presented is to assist public-sector decision makers in allocating prevention and criminal justice resources. The chapter is limited to a summary discussion of the results of the Institute's cost-benefit model. The results described in the chapter present taxpayer estimates for one political jurisdiction in the United States: state and local governments in the state of Washington. It divides the research literature into five broad areas: early-childhood programs, middle-childhood programs, adolescent (nonjuvenile offender) programs, juvenile offender programs, and adult offender programs. Juvenile Intensive Supervision Programs (ISP) are designed for juvenile offenders serving a local sentence. Three of these programs are being implemented by the juvenile courts in Washington State as a result of recent legislative and administrative actions.

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