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Table 3 Average costs of baseline criminal activity and incarceration

From: Criminal justice measures for economic data harmonization in substance use disorder research

 

BRIGHT 1 (n = 2405)

BRIGHT 2 (n = 100)

STRIDE 1 (n = 50)

STRIDE 2 (n = 109)

RETAIN (n = 360)

PACTo (n = 409)

Crime Category

 Violent

$513 ($8687)

$210 ($1035)

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$1686 ($31,158)

$16,260 ($199,528)

 Property

$625 ($6493)

$1955 ($14,468)

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$218 ($1570)

$2550 ($19,072)

 Public

$498 ($6051)

$10 ($100)

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$26 ($166)

$1390 ($9092)

 Enterprise

$83 ($3123)

$0 ($0)

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$12 ($152)

$0 ($0)

Incarceration

$436 ($853)

$574 ($973)

$19 ($134)

$47 ($308)

$49 ($247)

$28 ($192)

  1. Notes: Standard deviations in parentheses. Crimes included in violent crime category for monetization: robbery, rape/sexual assault, assault/aggravated assault, murder; crimes included in property crime category for monetization: larceny, motor vehicle theft, household burglary, stolen property, arson, vandalism; crimes included in public crime category for monetization: prostitution, driving under influence; crimes included in enterprise crime category for monetization: fraud and forgery. Monetary conversion factors (MCFs) for criminal activity come from the societal cost per offense reported in McCollister et al. (2010). MCFs for incarceration come from Henrichson and Delaney (2012). See Table 5 in Appendix for MCFs
  2. / = not applicable for STRIDE 1 and 2