How Is Cost-Benefit Thinking Relevant To Domestic Violence Prevention?
Cost-benefit thinking is being broadly and usefully applied in numerous violence prevention arenas. Bringing the cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness approaches to thinking about domestic violence prevention is a natural step in this larger process. After all, preventing any form of socially undesirable violence is not only good for people and society, but it is also economically worthwhile. First, we must build a picture of the extent of the problem that we seek to prevent.
