Citation

Brent RJ. Appl. Econ. 2015; 47(58): 6362-6373.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/00036846.2015.1071471

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

We develop a framework for valuing cases of serious elder abuse. We use the preferences of the elderly who are abused, the victims, to help identify: what offenses are of concern, the seriousness of any particular offense and the value of preventing any particular offense. The variable revealing the valuations is the victim's willingness to prosecute in New York City police complaint reports. Using our framework we found that it took a loss of \38 462 in order to be classed as a serious financial offense. With this monetary magnitude as a benchmark we were able to value nonfinancial serious offenses at up to \50 000 per offense.

Language: en

Keywords

cost-benefit analysis; D61; elder abuse; J14; K42; valuation of offenses