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Table 12 Costs to the taxpayer - from criminal justice, social care and remedial help between ages 10 and 28 (£)

From: Mental health: the new frontier for labour economics

Child with conduct disorder at age 10

70,000

Child with conduct problems at age 10

24,000

Child with none of the above at age 10

7,000

  1. Source: Scott et al (2001). London sample.