This from - Canadian Forum For Crime Prevention
http://www.preventingcrime.net/connections/Safer_Canada_Factsheet.pdf
The Challenge of crime to Canadians
Costs of Crime to Canadians
Impersonal crime costs Canadians $59 billion each year. Expressed as a rate per capita, each year:
$220 in taxes is used for policing and $140 for adult corrections and courts - Stats Canada, 2002
at least $40 billion in loss and trauma is caused to victims and communities - Justice Canada, 2002
approximately $1200 per Canadian
Puplic Opinion of Canadians
Every law abiding citizen of Canada is losing his or her right to peaceful enjoyment of life by the inability of our justice system to bring under control the level of crime in our country. Statistics show the cost of crime to be $59 billion each year, but when factoring in the added insurance, higher prices of goods, and the loss of productivity, this figure easily rises to $70 billion; yes $70,000,000,000. each year is lost in Canada due to criminal activity. This includes the approx. 20 billion in outright theft, another 5 billion or so in vandalism and a further 20 billion in higher insurance premiums, extra policing required and judicial costs. Work out the numbers and this amounts to approx. $2,100 per person, each man, woman and child in Canada. To the average family wage earner this adds up to about $6,300 each year. The bulk of these crimes being committed are by youth and young adults, usually to feed a drug habit or out of association with other non-productive youths being 'cool' in the twisted thinking of the 'gang' members.
This is only the costs associated with property crimes. Add in the costs and losses due to violence and the numbers increase dramatically; and an even further cost if there was a way to factor in the treatment required and loss of productivity due to drug addiction and alcoholism.
From statistics Canada
Youths aged 13 -24; 4.8 million in 2001 or 16% of the population yet account for over 60% of the property crimes in Canada
More than $1 billion was spent on the operation of courts in Canada in 2000/01, employing nearly 10,000 court staff and 2,000 judges. Adult corrections cost nearly $2.5 billion in 2000/01. The average daily cost of housing an inmate was $189 at the federal level and $137 at the provincial level. It is no wonder the judiciary is being coerced not to incarcerate.
http://www.preventingcrime.net/connections/Safer_Canada_Factsheet.pdf
The Challenge of crime to Canadians
- Statistics Canada, 2000
Stats Canada, 2003
- Stats Canada 2001 and 2003
- Stats Canada, 2002
Costs of Crime to Canadians
- Stats Canada, 2002
Impersonal crime costs Canadians $59 billion each year. Expressed as a rate per capita, each year:
$220 in taxes is used for policing and $140 for adult corrections and courts - Stats Canada, 2002
at least $40 billion in loss and trauma is caused to victims and communities - Justice Canada, 2002
approximately $1200 per Canadian
Puplic Opinion of Canadians
- Ekos Research Associates, 2002
Every law abiding citizen of Canada is losing his or her right to peaceful enjoyment of life by the inability of our justice system to bring under control the level of crime in our country. Statistics show the cost of crime to be $59 billion each year, but when factoring in the added insurance, higher prices of goods, and the loss of productivity, this figure easily rises to $70 billion; yes $70,000,000,000. each year is lost in Canada due to criminal activity. This includes the approx. 20 billion in outright theft, another 5 billion or so in vandalism and a further 20 billion in higher insurance premiums, extra policing required and judicial costs. Work out the numbers and this amounts to approx. $2,100 per person, each man, woman and child in Canada. To the average family wage earner this adds up to about $6,300 each year. The bulk of these crimes being committed are by youth and young adults, usually to feed a drug habit or out of association with other non-productive youths being 'cool' in the twisted thinking of the 'gang' members.
This is only the costs associated with property crimes. Add in the costs and losses due to violence and the numbers increase dramatically; and an even further cost if there was a way to factor in the treatment required and loss of productivity due to drug addiction and alcoholism.
From statistics Canada
Youths aged 13 -24; 4.8 million in 2001 or 16% of the population yet account for over 60% of the property crimes in Canada
More than $1 billion was spent on the operation of courts in Canada in 2000/01, employing nearly 10,000 court staff and 2,000 judges. Adult corrections cost nearly $2.5 billion in 2000/01. The average daily cost of housing an inmate was $189 at the federal level and $137 at the provincial level. It is no wonder the judiciary is being coerced not to incarcerate.
