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Elite Investigative Journal
Does Crime Pay?, pg 57-59
©2014-2015 Press Enter Resolve, LLC
Does Crime Pay?
By Valen Cianci
Photo Courtesy of rahwayrising.com
Crime is deined as “a breach of a rule or law for indirectly related to crime, the data was extracted from
which a punishment may ultimately be prescribed by these documents.
some governing authority or force” (Crime). What if
crime did not exist? Who would fund public works? The formulated crime “income statement,” constructed
How many professions would not exist? Would the by the authors, proved their inancial assumptions to be
county require more funding from federal and state truthful and accurate. The inalized “income statement”
grants? Among other things, isn’t it true that the stated that revenues and costs were nearly equal.
derivative of crime is inancial punishment? Is crime Therefore, the cost of crime directly offsets the revenues
inancially detrimental or beneicial to society? In derived from crime. Furthermore, Chester County
this case study the authors will attempt to answer encountered a realized gain of approximately two million
these questions. Using a sample, the authors will dollars. Based on this analysis, it is fair to state that
prove that the funds derived from crime offset the crime is slightly inancially beneicial to Chester County.
cost of crime. Furthermore, this report will provide This idea concludes that no extra state or government
the indings of a detailed analysis of the cost- beneit funding would be necessary if crime did not exist.
relationship, which includes the inancial impact and One must be advised that during the analytical process
beneit that crime imposes on society. In this report the authors were forced to make reasonable and fair
it will be determined that crime acts as an economic estimations because of the lack of speciic information
stimulant. Rather than focusing on the morality of and resources. In order to be as accurate as possible,
crime, the authors will focus on the inancial and the authors separated the costs into their respective
economic impact of criminal activity. categories based on civil and criminal cases reported
by the magisterial district courts. (Refer to Exhibit 1,
The irst step in the process was to select a sample to *1). The general health and well-being of a community
analyze. The sample size became important because is important to all residents of Chester County. A
it needed to be an accurate representation of the stable economy is essential for positive resident/county
population. The authors chose Chester County, Pa relationships. Crime stimulates the local economy
because of its relevancy to West Chester University. in many ways. The economic beneits directly and
Next, the authors gathered and compiled multiple indirectly related to crimes are countless. The authors
inancial statements. These included the Statements decided to cite a few of these beneits.
of Disbursements and Receipts from each district
court along with the Chester County Budget. For the First, in determining the effect crime has on public
purpose of inding revenues and costs directly or works, two aspects must be considered. One is that
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Does Crime Pay?, pg 57-59
©2014-2015 Press Enter Resolve, LLC
Does Crime Pay?
By Valen Cianci
Photo Courtesy of rahwayrising.com
Crime is deined as “a breach of a rule or law for indirectly related to crime, the data was extracted from
which a punishment may ultimately be prescribed by these documents.
some governing authority or force” (Crime). What if
crime did not exist? Who would fund public works? The formulated crime “income statement,” constructed
How many professions would not exist? Would the by the authors, proved their inancial assumptions to be
county require more funding from federal and state truthful and accurate. The inalized “income statement”
grants? Among other things, isn’t it true that the stated that revenues and costs were nearly equal.
derivative of crime is inancial punishment? Is crime Therefore, the cost of crime directly offsets the revenues
inancially detrimental or beneicial to society? In derived from crime. Furthermore, Chester County
this case study the authors will attempt to answer encountered a realized gain of approximately two million
these questions. Using a sample, the authors will dollars. Based on this analysis, it is fair to state that
prove that the funds derived from crime offset the crime is slightly inancially beneicial to Chester County.
cost of crime. Furthermore, this report will provide This idea concludes that no extra state or government
the indings of a detailed analysis of the cost- beneit funding would be necessary if crime did not exist.
relationship, which includes the inancial impact and One must be advised that during the analytical process
beneit that crime imposes on society. In this report the authors were forced to make reasonable and fair
it will be determined that crime acts as an economic estimations because of the lack of speciic information
stimulant. Rather than focusing on the morality of and resources. In order to be as accurate as possible,
crime, the authors will focus on the inancial and the authors separated the costs into their respective
economic impact of criminal activity. categories based on civil and criminal cases reported
by the magisterial district courts. (Refer to Exhibit 1,
The irst step in the process was to select a sample to *1). The general health and well-being of a community
analyze. The sample size became important because is important to all residents of Chester County. A
it needed to be an accurate representation of the stable economy is essential for positive resident/county
population. The authors chose Chester County, Pa relationships. Crime stimulates the local economy
because of its relevancy to West Chester University. in many ways. The economic beneits directly and
Next, the authors gathered and compiled multiple indirectly related to crimes are countless. The authors
inancial statements. These included the Statements decided to cite a few of these beneits.
of Disbursements and Receipts from each district
court along with the Chester County Budget. For the First, in determining the effect crime has on public
purpose of inding revenues and costs directly or works, two aspects must be considered. One is that
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