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Subject(s)

• Crime prevention—Cost effectiveness—Congresses [Browse]
• Crime prevention—Cost effectiveness [Browse]

Related name

• Welsh, Brandon, 1969- [Browse]
• Farrington, David P. [Browse]
• Sherman, Lawrence W. [Browse]

Series

• Crime & society (Boulder, Colo.) [More in this series]
• Crime and society

Notes

Revised papers presented at a two-day meeting and workshop on the costs and benefits of preventing crime, held at the University of Maryland at College Park in March 1999.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• Part I. Introduction
• Assessing the economic costs and benefits of crime prevention / Brandon C. Welsh and David P. Farrington
• Part II. Methods and perspectives of economic analysis
• Crime victim's perspective in cost-benefit analysis : the importance of monetizing tangible and intangible crime costs / Mark A. Cohen
• Quantitative exploration of the Pandora's box of treatment and supervision : what goes on between costs in and outcomes out / Faye S. Taxman and Brian T. Yates
• Part III. Economic analysis findings
• Review of research on the monetary value of preventing crime / Brandon C. Welsh and David P. Farrington
• Estimating the costs and benefits of early childhood programs : nurse home visits and the Perry Preschool / Peter W. Greenwood [and others]
• Comparative costs and benefits of programs to reduce crime : a review of research findings with implications for Washington state / Steve Aos [and others]
• Part IV. International policy perspectives
• Evaluation of the United Kingdom's "Crime reduction programme" : analysis of costs and benefits / Sanjay Dhiri [and others]
• Economic analysis of crime prevention : an Australian perspective / John Chisholm
• Recent evolution of governmental crime prevention strategies and implications for evaluation and economic analysis / Daniel Sansfaçon and Irvin Waller
• Part V. Future directions
• Measuring economic benefits of developmental prevention programs / Daniel S. Nagin
• Improving confidence in what works and saves money in preventing crime : priorities for research / Brandon C. Welsh, David P. Farrington, and Lawrence W. Sherman.

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ISBN

0813397804 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^00043790^

OCLC

44803145

RCP

H - S

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