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estimates of cost of crime history methodologies and implications
p the enormous burden that crime imposes on societies while intuitively obvious for a long time eluded measurement . with the emergence and development of quantitative methods in economics and statistics the exercise of calculating costs of crime became possible although remains controversial . this book presents the history of the cost of crime estimates used methodologies and possible applications . costs of crime estimates may guide legislators when they draft criminal law provisions regardless a theory of punishment they follow . the full advantages of using costs of crime estimates accrue however in their assessment and control power . consistent use of costs of crime estimates helps public policy to stay in line with public preferences and eliminates clearly unjustified projects . several applications of costs of crime estimates in cost benefit analyses of different crime policies have proved the necessity of such estimates in any rational crime policy .