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Citation

Kuklinski MR, Fagan AA, Hawkins JD, Briney JS, Catalano RF. J. Exp. Criminol. 2015; 11(2): 165-192.

Affiliation

Social Development Research Group, School of Social Work, University of Washington.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s11292-014-9226-3

PMID

26213527

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the Communities That Care (CTC) prevention system is a cost-beneficial intervention.

METHODS: Data were from a longitudinal panel of 4,407 youth participating in a randomized controlled trial including 24 towns in 7 states, matched in pairs within state and randomly assigned to condition. Significant differences favoring intervention youth in sustained abstinence from delinquency, alcohol use, and tobacco use through Grade 12 were monetized and compared to economic investment in CTC.

RESULTS: CTC was estimated to produce $4,477 in benefits per youth (discounted 2011 dollars). It cost $556 per youth to implement CTC for 5 years. The net present benefit was $3,920. The benefit-cost ratio was $8.22 per dollar invested. The internal rate of return was 21%. Risk that investment would exceed benefits was minimal. Investment was expected to be recouped within 9 years. Sensitivity analyses in which effects were halved yielded positive cost-beneficial results.

CONCLUSIONS: CTC is a cost-beneficial, community-based approach to preventing initiation of delinquency, alcohol use, and tobacco use. CTC is estimated to generate economic benefits that exceed implementation costs when disseminated with fidelity in communities.


Language: en

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