Social and Economic Costs of Violence

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Social and Economic Costs of Violence is written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0309220270 (ISBN 10) and 9780309220279 (ISBN 13).

Measuring the social and economic costs of violence can be difficult, and most estimates only consider direct economic effects, such as productivity loss or the use of health care services. Communities and societies feel the effects of violence through loss of social cohesion, financial divestment, and the increased burden on the healthcare and justice systems. Initial estimates show that early violence prevention intervention has economic benefits. The IOM Forum on Global Violence Prevention held a workshop to examine the successes and challenges of calculating direct and indirect costs of violence, as well as the potential cost-effectiveness of intervention.