The Economic Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the United States - 1992
Table 6.2
Total Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse-Specific and Related Crime, 1992 (millions of dollars)
| Cost |
Total |
Alcohol |
Drug |
| Value of Goods and Services |
Criminal Justice System |
| Police protection |
$6,191 |
$1,547 |
$4,644 |
| Legal and adjudication |
$1,701 |
$491 |
$1,210 |
| State and Federal correction |
$8,483 |
$1,790 |
$6,693 |
| Local correction |
$3,517 |
$2,326 |
$1,191 |
| Total, Criminal Justice System |
$19,892 |
$6,154 |
$13,738 |
| Federal Drug Traffic Control |
$3,753 |
$62 |
$3,691 |
| Total, Public Expenditures |
$23,645 |
$6,216 |
$17,429 |
| Private legal defense |
$416 |
$68 |
$348 |
Economic costs to victims
[Medical expenses for victims of violent crimes, counted elsewhere] |
[$505] |
[$400] |
[$105] |
| Property damage |
$221 |
$28 |
$193 |
| Non-Government Expenditures |
$637 |
$96 |
$541 |
| Subtotal, Medical Not Included1 |
$24,282 |
$6,312 |
$17,970 |
| Lost Productivity (Earnings)2 |
| Victims of crime |
$3,071 |
$1,012 |
$2,059 |
| Incarceration |
$23,356 |
$5,449 |
$17,907 |
| Crime careers |
$19,198 |
- |
$19,198 |
| Subtotal |
$45,625 |
$6,461 |
$39,164 |
| TOTAL |
$69,907 |
$12,773 |
$57,134 |
Source: Analysis by The Lewin Group.
Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding. Other costs resulting from alcohol- and drug-related crime (e.g., health care costs, losses from homicides) are estimated and reported elsewhere in this report.
1Medical expenses from violent crimes are included in chapter 4 as a health consequence of alcohol and drug abuse.
2Estimation of crime-related lost productivity attributed to alcohol and drug abuse is described in chapter 5, section 5.6.
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