In The Costs of Crime and Justice, Mark Cohen provides a comprehensive review of the theoretical foundations, methodologies employed, and empirical estimates of the costs of the crime.

Mark A. Cohen holds the Justin Potter Chair in American Competitive Enterprise at the Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, and also holds a secondary appointment as Professor of Law at Vanderbilt. He was previously a Visiting Professor of Criminal Justice Economics at the University of York, UK, and Chairman of the American Statistical Association's Committee on Law and Justice Statistics. Professor Cohen received his PhD in Economics from Carnegie Mellon University. He is the author of more than 100 books and journal articles on crime, law, and economics.

Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction and Overview 2. Economic Approach to Crime and Costing Methodologies Part II: Bottom Up Approaches of the Cost of Crime and Justice 3. Victim Costs 4. Public Sector Costs 5. Third-Party Costs 6. Costs to Offenders, Families and Communities Part III: Methodologies for Estimating the Cost of Crime 7. Revealed Preferences - Market-Based Approaches 8. Stated Preference Approaches Part IV: Policy Analysis of Crime Control and Prevention Programs 9. Cost-Effectiveness and Break-Even Analysis 10. Benefit-Cost Analysis Part V: Special Topics in the Cost of Crime and Justice 11. White Collar & Corporate Offenses 12. Cost of Crime Estimates Around the World