Total cost estimates for crime in the United States are both out-of-date and incomplete.We estimated incidence and costs of personal crimes (both violent and non-violent) and propertycrimes in 2017.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...

Policy decisions can be informed by information on anticipated costs and expected future benefits of courses of action. The key questions in economic evaluation of a public health law are whether its benefits, as measured by health outcomes or cost savings, exceed its costs; secondarily, there...