How much crime reduction does $1 million buy? $1 million invested in:
- Incentives to disadvantaged students to graduate from high school = 258 crimes/year
- Parent training therapy for families with children “acting out” = 160 crimes/year
- Building and operating prisons = 60 crimes/year
Source: Peter Greenwood et al., Diverting Children from a Life of Crime, 1998 (cited in Austin et al., 2007)