“ Using the traditional measurement of the economy, a rising crime rates would show as a gain. ¶ Colman said the GPI instead views these as an indication society is going in the wrong direction. A jump in the sales of alarms, for example, shows a population living in fear. ”
Saturday, April 17,1999, The Halifax Herald ~ Ralph Surette
“ Crime and punishment in Nova Scotia. It could be a novel. After the Donald Marshall affair, the Westray affair, and more affairs in the administration of justice than you can shake a stick at, there's been some redemption after all. ¶ Nova Scotia has a "restorative justice" program—people doing community service and restitution instead of going to jail for minor crimes—that is leading the country. We send fewer people to jail per capita than other provinces and thus spend far less on jails and their trappings. ¶ We might even call this "genuine progress." ”
April 15, 1999, The Halifax Herald
Crime Costs Province $1.2 billion Per Year
April 15, 1999, The Daily News, Halifax ~ Andrea MacDonald
“ Crime costs Nova Scotians $1.2 billion a year, says a group that wants to change the way we measure our wealth. ¶ GPI Atlantic, a nonprofit economic research group based in Halifax, released a study yesterday that concludes the true cost of criminal activity is largely misunderstood. ¶ The $44,000 a year it takes to keep an inmate in jail for a year, for example, more than pays for a high school teacher's salary. ”
Direct and indirect costs of crime in Nova Scotia, including public costs, defensive expenditures, victim losses, trends over time, relation to demographic and social variables, and inter-provincial comparisons.
