COSTING CRIME: What value is there for policy making?

Authors

  • Cheryl Frank Open Society Foundation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17159/2413-3108/2005/i11a1019

Keywords:

crime, South Africa, cost

Abstract

Studies that purport to count the cost of crime have wide appeal in the private and public sectors, and in the media. Information on the cost of a particular problem and its solution can no doubt assist decision makers. But in the case of crime, assessing the ‘cost’ is so fraught with difficulty that the results hardly seem worth the effort. Some kinds of ‘cost of crime’ studies are more beneficial to the policy process than others, and the findings need to be used with great care.

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Published

2006-03-08

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Research articles