TREATMENT VERSUS DETENTION: COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF THE DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO PRISON PUNISHMENT
TREATMENT VERSUS DETENTION: COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF THE DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO PRISON PUNISHMENT

Summary/Abstract: Over time and especially today, cost-benefit analysis has seen other uses such as for example in decision-making in public administration, social policy evaluation and public policy especially public safety. Developed world governments frequently use cost-benefit analysis as a helpful technique for determining the effectiveness of different projects or public policies, both economic and transport (infrastructure building projects, roads, highways, dams, etc..) as well as in social field (public health, educational system, social security, etc.). Cost-benefit analysis, applied to public safety or crime prevention is a relatively new and was rarely used, even internationally, although we know the high cost of crime on society.

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