CRIME COSTS U.S. BILLIONS, STUDY FINDS.Byline: Fox Butterfield Fox Butterfield (born 1939 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania[1]) is an American journalist who spent much of his 30-year career[2] reporting for The New York Times. The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times Crime costs Americans at least $450 billion a year, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the most comprehensive survey ever done on the price of violence. The report, done for the Justice Department, is the first to try to measure the cost of child abuse and domestic violence along with crimes like murder, rape and robbery. It is also the first to estimate the mental health care costs and the reduced quality of life for victims of crime. The report calculates out-of-pocket costs out-of-pocket costs Managed care Health care costs that a covered person must pay out of pocket–eg, coinsurance, deductibles, etc. See Copayment. covering items like legal fees, lost work time and the cost of police work as well as intangibles, like the affection lost for a murder victim's family Victim's Family was a hardcore punk band formed in 1984 in Santa Rosa, California by bassist Larry Boothroyd and guitarist and vocalist Ralph Spight. Drummer Devon VrMeer completed the trio. . The authors devised a formula for the intangibles. The study excludes the cost of running the nation's prisons, jails and parole parole (pərōl`), in criminal law, release from prison of a convict before the expiration of his term on condition that his activities be restricted and that he report regularly to an officer. and probation systems, which would add $40 billion, bringing the total annual cost of crime to almost $500 billion, according to other Justice Department statistics. By comparison, the Defense Department's budget for 1995 is $252.6 billion. ``The estimate of $450 billion for crime is an amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. number which tells us just how heavy a burden that crime and the fear of crime place on our society,'' said Rep. Charles E. Schumer of Brooklyn, the ranking Democratic member of the House Subcommittee on Crime. ``This report could change the debate'' on crime, Schumer said, ``because it shows that while most people think a $1 billion anti-crime program is a large number, it's really just a drop in the bucket.'' The most important thing about the study, Schumer said, ``is that it shows the cost of not doing anything'' is much higher than any proposed anti-crime programs, like putting more police on the street, building more prisons or spending for violence prevention. The report, ``Victim Costs and Consequences: A New Look,'' was sponsored by the National Institute of Justice, the research arm of the Justice Department. |
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