「犯罪」一向是不分中外所關心的社會問題,犯罪成因與犯罪防制更是公共辯論的重要課題。但到底我們的社會整體因犯罪行動而遭致的損失有多少,以及我們為了防制這些犯罪而支付了多少成本? 在計入各種直接與隱含的整體成本後,包括司法警政支出,民間防範犯罪之支出,受害者的損失與犯罪者牢獄中的時間損失和為犯罪所投入的精力與物質後,估計中華民國臺閔地區因犯罪所致之成本,以民國九十年(2001年)而言,超過8817億,即超過當年國內生產毛額(GDP)的9.274%。平均每人為39353元(當年臺閔地區人口為22405568人),為當年人均國民生產毛額(GNP Per Capita,當年為435321元)的9.04%
No matter in R.O.C or other foreign countries, the publics all pay close attention to “Criminal”. The causes and preventive ways of crime are even more important social debate issues. But, on earth how much cost totally occurs due to these crime behaviors or due to prevention these crimes? After counting in kinds of direct and implicit intergral costs, including law and police expenditure、private anti-crime outlay、 victims’ loss、criminals’ lost days in prison and energy or money spent on planning and executing crime, to cite an instance, in 2001, the estimate of burden of crime in TPKM, R.O.C exceeds NT$ 881.7 billion(9.274% of annual GDP, to be equal to 260.86 billion US dollars), or NT$ 39188 per capita (9.04% of GNP per capita, to be equal to 1164.3 US dollars per capita).