Mainstreaming Methodology for Estimating Costs of Crime
In Anglo-Saxon legal systems in particular it may be open to victims of crime to bring civil actions seeking damages from the perpetrators. These actions may be comparatively uncommon, not least because offenders rarely have sufficient means to pay significant amounts of compensation. But where they are brought, the costs may be substantial and should be taken into account. Of course, as with statutory criminal injury compensation schemes, the sums of damages received by victims are excluded, since they refer to losses that have already been taken into account as a source of ‘costs as a consequence of crime’.
Bibliographical review: Legal Expenses of Tort Claims review
Costing issues: Legal Expenses of Tort Claims
