Currie, Janet M.; Mueller-Smith, Michael; … - 2018
crimes, and focus on mothers who lived in a home where an assault was reported during their pregnancies. We compare these … mothers to women who lived in a home with an assault that took place shortly after the birth. We find that assaults in the 3rd … cost per assault during pregnancy of $41,771, and a total annual cost of over $4.25 billion when scaled by the national …