Estimating Costs and Benefits Associated with Evidence-Based Violence Prevention

Researchers working in the areas of TDV and youth violence often point out the need for a preventive approach to stop the violence from occurring in the first place (Andresen and Linning, 2014; Berger and Waldfogel, 2011; Bowlus, McKenna, Day and Wright, 2003; Corrado, Leschied, Lussier and Whatley, 2015; Mahony, 2010). [...] Although the time frame of this study precluded follow-up data and an evaluation of behavioural change, the findings are promising in the context of the extensive evidence surrounding the Grade 9 program. [...] This analysis requires quantification of the costs and the outcomes in dollars so that the benefits produced by the intervention can be compared to the cost. [...] CASE STUDY 3: IMPLEMENTATION MODEL IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA In 2011,14 the director of Shift: The Project to End Domestic Violence initiative, located at the faculty of social work at the University of Calgary, approached the Fourth R team to explore the possibility of collaborating on a supported, province-wide scaling of the program. [...] CASE STUDY 4: SUSTAINABILITY MODEL IN THE THAMES VALLEY DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD The Thames Valley District School Board (TVDSB) is one of the largest districts in Ontario and includes 153 schools serving 15,507 students in grades 7, 8 and 9. The TVDSB has a unique role in the development, piloting and evaluation of the Fourth R in that the program was developed within the school board, the lead curr