A recent estimate of the annual cost of crime in the United States places the total at $10,000,000,000. This means an annual charge to each inhabitant of approximately $85. The estimate includes every possible charge, direct and indirect, that can be laid to the door of crime; the direct cost—losses paid by individuals, firms and corporations—was estimated at $3,000,000,000 annually. To this economic demand for measures directed toward the prevention of crime must be added the humanitarian appeal of the suffering and hardships it causes... Читать дальше...