Hester van Eeren

Value of information in crime prevention: An illustration | 3 47 | treatment may also be different. This may affect the acceptance of possible or required further care (i.e. Donker & de Bakker, 2012), and therefore may influence the final degree of committing crimes in the future. In modelling the cost-effectiveness of interventions in the field of crime prevention, the application of interventions in practice should therefore be taken into account in a cost-effectiveness model, or at least, this should be clarified when modelling the cost-effectiveness of such interventions. In conclusion, an analysis to estimate the value of performing further research had not yet been conducted in the field of crime prevention. The findings of the current study illustrate how such an analysis might be estimated and interpreted in this field. Future investment in cost-effectiveness research on interventions aimed at reducing juvenile delinquency could use this value of information framework to efficiently conduct further cost-effectiveness research.