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Making the Case for Domestic Violence Prevention Through the Lens of Cost-Benefit

A Manual for Domestic Violence Prevention Practitioners
(and the State and Local Policy-Makers They Present to)


What Is Cost?

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cost estimates

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cost analysis

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cost-benefit

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cost-effectiveness

“Cost” is typically the spending (expenditure) of money, energy, resources, or time required to make something happen. The cost of a prevention program is usually described in dollars that pay for employee salaries, office rent, supplies, and other things required to make the program happen. These are also called inputs.

A cost is the expenditure of something....