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Costs of Juvenile Crime in Urban Areas

A Longitudinal Perspective

Brandon C. Welsh

University of Massachusetts Lowell

Rolf Loeber

University of Pittsburgh

Bradley R. Stevens

University at Albany SUNY

Magda Stouthamer-Loeber

University of Pittsburgh

Mark A. Cohen

Vanderbilt University

David P. Farrington

Cambridge University

It is important to calculate the monetized social burden of crime, and a longitudinal perspective offers distinct advantages over studies limited to one year. This study assessed the monetary costs to society of self-reported male juvenile offending in urban areas. Previously published estimates of victim costs of a number of violent and property crimes were used to calculate the monetized social burden of criminal activity of a cohort of 503 boys (ages 7–17 years), comprising the youngest sample of the Pittsburgh Youth Study. Conservatively estimated, the cohort caused a substantial burden of harm to society in the form of victimization costs, ranging from a low of $89 million to a high of $110 million. From an early age the cohort was responsible for substantial crime victim losses, with these losses mounting in the teen years. Importantly, it is argued that high crime costs do not themselves suggest a policy solution. Implications for policy and research are explored within this context.

Key Words: juvenile crime • victimization costs • longitudinal study • early onset • chronic offending

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, Vol. 6, No. 1, 3-27 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1541204007308427
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