The Economic Cost of Crime in Chile
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12887170 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mauricio Olavarría Gambi (0000-0001-5997-2873, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 287-310 |
| Publication date | 2007-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Crime (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-0572 • E-ISSN: 1744-0580 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17440570701739686 |
| OpenAlex | W1970743719 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This study estimates that the economic cost of crime in Chile, using the accountancy method, is $1.35 billion as at 2002; that is, this cost is equivalent to 2.06% of Chile's GDP. Crimes included in the estimation are murder, robbery, larceny–theft, burglary, wounding, rape and sexual assaults, domestic violence and economic felonies such as fraud, forgery and so on. Consequential costs are the most important, representing 68% of the total cost of crime. Government spending represents 23% of the total and anticipatory cost account for the remaining 9%. Chile presents higher level of crime than most developed countries—though less than most developing nations—but government's spending on citizen's security is considerably lower than that of the US and several other European countries
Business · Cost estimate · Development economics · Direct cost · Economic cost · Economics · Estimation · Government (linguistics · Indirect costs · Total cost · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Accounting
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
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| Citation span | 2017 - 2022 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |