Table 1.
Component | Unit Cost | Description | Source |
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Justice system costs | |||
Policing, incident-based | $5,053 | Average tax-supported cost, estimated by the WSIPP using expenditure and workload data for jurisdictions in WA. | Washington State Institute for Public Policy (2014) |
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Court, including prosecution and adjudication | $8,128 | Average tax-supported cost, estimated by the WSIPP using expenditure and workload data for jurisdictions in WA. | Washington State Institute for Public Policy (2014) |
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Corrections | |||
Legal supervision, daily costs | |||
Probation | $3.71 | Calculated from average daily population at county-level divided by number of probation officers. | Longshore et al. (2007) |
Parole | $11.40 | Daily costs obtained from the CDCR | Longshore et al. (2007) |
Incarceration, daily costs | |||
Jail | $122.18 | Daily average costs across California counties. | Board of State and Community Corrections (2012) |
Prison | $140.49 | Calculated from CA’s Annual Costs to Incarcerate an Inmate in Prison.* | Legislative Analyst’s Office (2009) |
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Victimization costs, by crime category | McCollister et al. (2010) | ||
Murder | $800,575 | The victimization costs include crime-specific derived medical expenses, cash losses, property theft or damage, and lost earnings because of injury and other victimization-related consequences. | |
Rape/sexual assault | $6,031 | ||
Assault | $9,444 | ||
Robbery | $3,581 | ||
Arson | $12,431 | ||
Larceny/theft | $521 | ||
Motor vehicle theft | $6,637 | ||
Household burglary | $1,478 | ||
Others | $0 |
WSIPP: Washington State Institute for Public Policy; CDCR: California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation; WA: Washington State; CA: California.
Includes costs for security, health care and operation.