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NCJ Number:	232976

Title:	Counting the Cost of Crime in Italy

Journal:	Global Crime Volume:11 Issue:4 Dated:November 2010 Pages:421-435

Author(s):	Claudio Detotto; Marco Vannini

Date Published:	November 2010

Page Count:	15

Document:	PDF

Type:	Report (Study/Research)

Format:	Article

Language:	English

Country:	United Kingdom

Annotation:	This study investigated the cost of crime in Italy.

Abstract:	The authors gauge the cost of crime in Italy by concentrating on a subset of offences covering about 64 percent of total recorded crimes in the year 2006. Following the breakdown of costs put forward by Brand and Price, the authors focus on the costs in anticipation, as a consequence, and in response to a specific offence. The estimated total social cost is more than €38 billion, which amounts to about 2.6 percent of Italy's GDP. To show the usefulness of these measures, the authors borrow the elasticity estimates from recent studies concerning the determinants of crime in Italy and calculate the cost associated with the surge in crime fuelled by unemployment and pardons. Indeed, in both cases such costs are substantial, implying that they should no longer be skipped when assessing the relative desirability of public policies towards crime. (Published Abstract)

Main Term(s):	Crime costs

Index Term(s):	Cost/Benefit Analysis; Italy; Security



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