Total cost estimates for crime in the United States are both out-of-date and incomplete.We estimated incidence and costs of personal crimes (both violent and non-violent) and propertycrimes in 2017. Incidence came from national arrest data, multi-state estimates of police-reportedcrimes per...

This paper presents a detailed study of jury awards for compensatory damages to victims of crime. Such awards typically result when victims sue third parties who are responsible for some form of negligence such as inadequate security or alcohol over-service. We obtained nationwide data on jury...