Note
Issued also in French under title: Le coût de la douleur et de la souffrance résultant des actes criminels au Canada.
"Research and Statistics Division methodological series"--Cover.
"May 5, 2004"--Titel page.
Summary
"The objective of this study is to estimate the cost of pain and suffering from
crime in Canada, both overall and for specific categories of crime, namely
violent crimes, including homicide, assault, sexual offences, and robbery;
property crimes, including breaking and entering, motor vehicle theft, nonvehicle
theft, and vandalism; and other crimes, namely drug offences and
Criminal Code traffic offences. This paper begins with a brief review of the
recent literature on victimization costs, followed by an analysis and estimation
of the cost of pain and suffering from crime in Canada."--Pages 2, 3.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Literature review -- 3. Data sources -- 3.1. Number of crimes -- 3.2. Pain and suffering of crime victims -- 3.3. Estimation of the cost of pain and suffering from crime -- 4. Methodology -- 4.1. Number of crime incidents -- 4.2. Proportion of population feeling worried about safety -- 4.3. Expected value of distress and worry -- 4.4. Sensitivity analysis -- 5. Estimation of the cost of pain and suffering from crime in Canada -- 5.1. Violent crimes -- 5.2. Property crimes -- 5.3. Other crimes -- 5.4. Total cost for all crimes -- 5.5. Sensitivity analysis -- 6. Concluding remarks.