Mainstreaming Methodology for Estimating Costs of Crime
The costs of prosecuting individuals charged with crimes are substantial. Variation across countries in the allocation of prosecution tasks between police, specialist prosecution agencies and judges result in differences in the allocation of these costs across agencies. The costs include the costs of employing specialist contractors, including private sector lawyers retained to present cases in court and forensic scientists responsible for collecting evidence and appearing in court to testify about evidence. For certain kinds of cases there may also be expert witnesses retained by the prosecution in relation to health, financial and other specialist fields.
Bibliographical review: Prosecution review
Costing issues: Prosecution
