Pounds 3bn, the True Cost of Our Culture of Violence

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THE true cost of violent crime to the Scottish economy is a staggering Pounds 3 billion a year, figures uncovered by The Mail on Sunday reveal.

And with levels of murders, rapes and assaults soaring, public services are struggling to foot the bill.

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Pounds 3bn, the True Cost of Our Culture of Violence

Nobel Prize-winning economist James Heckman worked out the massive annual cost after studying all aspect...