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| Ministry of Public Security Published the Economic Damages Due to Crime in Israel, 2008 |
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| 6/5/09 |
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The full document can be downloaded in pdf format on the bottom of the page
The Department of Planning, Budget and Monitoring in the Ministry of Public Security published the Economic Damages Due to Crime in Israel, 2008.
Despite the complexity in assessing the economic damage, the need to place preventive and enforcement activity in an economic and rational framework is required in order to enable the making of decisions based on a cost against benefit analysis.
The economic damage due to crime in year 2008 is estimated in the amount of 13.7 billion NIS. This is in addition to damages which were not included in the attached document, first and for most, the economic damage due to crime in the field of transportation and also the expenses for prevention, law enforcement, judgment and punishment which would have been used for alternative activities if it was not for crime.
The analysis translates the reality of crime in the State of Israel to monitory terms and clearly indicates the great damage caused to the Israeli economy due to crime. Since the year 2001, there has been an accumulating economic damage in the extent of over 120 billion NIS, over 15 billion NIS every year.
In spite of the general improvement in recent years, the analysis show that the improvement does not spread equably over the different crimes. Thus, in year 2007 alone, at the same time of the plan for the support of the police stations, which began at the first half of year 2006, there has been a decline in the economic damage due to crimes of personal security. The tendency of improvement in the economic damage due to crimes of personal security continues in year 2008, in spite of the increase of the economic damage as part of the crime in general.
In light of everything said above herein, and the extant of the economic substantial damage due to crime, a national prioritization of public security is required. This prioritization should include an appropriate and steady base of planning and budget, the enlargement of resources allocated to the Ministry of Public Security for the implementation of main plans, making the Israel Police and the Israel Prison Service a place of attraction for quality manpower, a more affective and efficient management, and tracking and monitoring the achievement of the goals required on a national level.
The Minister of Public Security, Yitzhak Aharonovitch referred to the graveness of the extent of the economic damage caused by crime. The Minister stated that the battle against crime must be one of the highest priorities on the national agenda and its budget must be significantly increased already in the upcoming biennial budget for 2009 and 2010 currently under discussion in the Israeli Parliament. During discussions with the Ministry of Finance, Minister Aharonovitch stressed the heavy price the Israeli society will pay in the case of a cutback in the budget of the Ministry of Public Security and demanded to implement the clear statements of the Israeli Prime Minister about strengthening the personal security of Israeli citizens.
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