The Economic Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the United States - 1992
Appendix C, Table C.1
Publicly Financed Criminal Justice System, Police Protection Costs by Type of Offense, 1992
|
Arrests |
Causal Factors
(%) |
Police Protection Costs1
(millions of dollars) |
| Type of Offense |
Number |
Percent of Total Arrests |
Alcohol Abuse |
Drug Abuse |
Alcohol |
Drug |
Total Alcohol and Drug |
Homicide |
22,510 |
0.2 |
30.0 |
15.8 |
17 |
9 |
26 |
Aggravated Assault |
507,210 |
3.6 |
30.0 |
5.1 |
388 |
66 |
454 |
Sexual Assault |
39,100 |
0.3 |
22.5 |
2.4 |
22 |
2 |
25 |
Other Assaults |
1,074,700 |
7.6 |
30.0 |
5.1 |
822 |
140 |
962 |
Robbery |
173,310 |
1.2 |
3.4 |
27.2 |
15 |
120 |
135 |
Burglary |
424,000 |
3.0 |
3.6 |
30.0 |
39 |
324 |
363 |
Larceny-Theft |
1,504,500 |
10.7 |
2.8 |
29.6 |
107 |
1,135 |
1,243 |
Auto Theft |
197,600 |
1.4 |
3.5 |
6.8 |
18 |
34 |
52 |
Driving Under Influence* |
1,624,500 |
11.5 |
100.0 |
0 |
64 |
0 |
64 |
Liquor Laws* |
541,700 |
3.8 |
100.0 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
21 |
Public Drunkenness* |
832,300 |
5.9 |
100.0 |
0 |
33 |
0 |
33 |
Stolen Property |
161,500 |
1.1 |
0 |
15.1 |
0 |
62 |
62 |
Prostitution |
96,200 |
0.7 |
0 |
12.8 |
0 |
31 |
31 |
Drug Laws |
1,066,400 |
7.6 |
0 |
100.0 |
0 |
2,719 |
2,719 |
Other |
5,809,570 |
41.3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total |
14,075,100 |
100.0 |
NA |
NA |
1,547 |
4,644 |
6,191 |
Sources: U.S. Department of Justice (1992b), table 2, p. 3; (1994b), tables 4 and 30, pp. 60, 218.
Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
1Total Police Protection Costs (PPC) were $31.8 billion in 1990; State and local CJS spending grew 13 percent (to $35.9 billion) from 1990 to 1992.
*PPC for these alcohol offenses estimated at $39.57 x number of arrests for each offense.
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