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This chapter reports a systematic review of studies of the economics of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) with a focus on costs that are associated with crimes. It shows that the total cost of FASD for Canadian society is $9.4 billion per year (2015 price level), of which crimes account for the largest share (42% or $3.9 billion), followed by health care (21%), indirect costs (19%), social services (9%), and special education (9%). Of the costs of FASD associated with crimes ($3.9 billion), Criminal Justice System (CJS) accounts for the largest share (54% or $2.1 billion), followed by victims of crime (41%), and third-party (5%). Of the cost for CJS ($2.1 billion), police services accounts for the largest share (57%), followed by correctional services (23%) and court services (20%).
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Also published in Appendix of Chap. 17 in this book.
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See: Statistics Canada. Adult and youth correctional services: Key indicators, 2008/2009 (correction). Available at: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/091208/dq091208a-eng.htm (Accessed March 3, 2016).
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See: Alberta Innovates Health Solutions. Preventing the Preventable: New study uses technology to tackle Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Available at http://www.aihealthsolutions.ca/news-and-events/media-centre/preventing-the-preventable/ (Accessed August 24, 2016).
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Thanh, N.X., Jonsson, E. (2018). Total Cost of FASD Including the Economics of FASD Associated with Crimes. In: Jonsson, E., Clarren, S., Binnie, I. (eds) Ethical and Legal Perspectives in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, vol 75. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71755-5_4
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