Author: Jones, Damon
Title: The Economic Return on PCCD's Investment in Research-Based Programs: A Cost-Benefit Assessment of Delinquency Prevention in Pennsylvania
Summary: Recently, economists and policy researchers have begun to conduct cost-benefit analyses of prevention and intervention efforts to determine whether the potential benefits of a variety of strategies justify the funds necessary to implement them. This report examines the return-on-investment for seven research-based programs that are in widespread use through Pennsylvania. Using conservative and widely-accepted methodology, the study determines that these programs not only pay for themselves, but represent a potential $317 milion return to the Commonwealth in terms of reduced corrections costs, welfare and social services burden, drug and mental health treatment, and increased employment and tax revenue.
Details: University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University, Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development, 2008. 48p.
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Year: 2008
Country: United States
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Shelf Number: 118355
Keywords:
Cost-Benefit AnalysisJuvenile Delinquency Prevention (Pennsylvania)Juvenile Justice ProgramsTreatment Programs |
