Mainstreaming Methodology for Estimating Costs of Crime
Many organisations have interests in the costs of crime. A good starting point is the page of the Research Development and Statistics part of the Home Office where some of the major empirical studies of the costs of crime have been done.
http://rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/ecom_soc_cost.html
Other national government organisations (particularly research divisions or agencies affiliated to ministries of justice) closely associated with cost of crime methods and estimates are listed below. The following selection of home page links have search facilities that can be used to identify costs of crime materials:
Australia: http://www.aic.gov.au/
Netherlands: http://www.wodc.nl/
Canada: http://www.justice.gc.ca/
Sweden: http://www.bra.se/
New Zealand: http://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/research-policy/
USA: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/
Some international agencies likewise have reviewed cost of crime estimates and methodology. Again the simplest method is to type ‘costs of crime’ into the search facility on the home page of the organisation:
UNODC: http://www.unodc.org/unodc/
World Bank: http://www.worldbank.org/
There are many more relevant links that haven't been listed here.
