A victim-centred cost–benefit analysis of a stalking prevention programme
Abstract Research suggests that stalking inflicts great psychological and financial costs on victims. Yet costs of victimisation are notoriously difficult to estimate and include as intangible costs in cost–benefit analysis. This study reports an innovative cost–benefit analysis that used focus grou...
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| description | Abstract Research suggests that stalking inflicts great psychological and financial costs on victims. Yet costs of victimisation are notoriously difficult to estimate and include as intangible costs in cost–benefit analysis. This study reports an innovative cost–benefit analysis that used focus groups with multi-agency teams to collect detailed data on operational resources used to manage stalking cases. This method is illustrated through the presentation of one case study. Best- and worst-case counterfactual scenarios were generated using the risk assessment scores and practitioner expertise. The findings suggest that intervening in high-risk stalking cases was cost-beneficial to the state in all the case studies we analysed (even if it incurs some institutional costs borne by the criminal justice system or health) and was often cost-beneficial to the victims too. We believe that this method might be useful in other fields where a victim- or client-centred approach is fundamental. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-541da4e4aaa7494b9e598a07e221f0812022-12-21T19:28:40ZengBMCCrime Science2193-76802021-10-0110111110.1186/s40163-021-00158-5A victim-centred cost–benefit analysis of a stalking prevention programmeLisa Tompson0Jyoti Belur1Kritika Jerath2University of Waikato, New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime ScienceDepartment of Security and Crime Science, University College LondonSchool of Law and Social Sciences, University of DerbyAbstract Research suggests that stalking inflicts great psychological and financial costs on victims. Yet costs of victimisation are notoriously difficult to estimate and include as intangible costs in cost–benefit analysis. This study reports an innovative cost–benefit analysis that used focus groups with multi-agency teams to collect detailed data on operational resources used to manage stalking cases. This method is illustrated through the presentation of one case study. Best- and worst-case counterfactual scenarios were generated using the risk assessment scores and practitioner expertise. The findings suggest that intervening in high-risk stalking cases was cost-beneficial to the state in all the case studies we analysed (even if it incurs some institutional costs borne by the criminal justice system or health) and was often cost-beneficial to the victims too. We believe that this method might be useful in other fields where a victim- or client-centred approach is fundamental.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40163-021-00158-5 |
| spellingShingle | Lisa Tompson Jyoti Belur Kritika Jerath A victim-centred cost–benefit analysis of a stalking prevention programme Crime Science |
| title | A victim-centred cost–benefit analysis of a stalking prevention programme |
| title_full | A victim-centred cost–benefit analysis of a stalking prevention programme |
| title_fullStr | A victim-centred cost–benefit analysis of a stalking prevention programme |
| title_full_unstemmed | A victim-centred cost–benefit analysis of a stalking prevention programme |
| title_short | A victim-centred cost–benefit analysis of a stalking prevention programme |
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