Child sexual abuse is a preventable public health problem that is addressed primarily via reactive criminal justice efforts. In this report, we focus on the cost of incarcerating adults convicted of sex crimes against children in the United States. Specifically, we summarize publicly available information on U.S. state and federal prison and sex offender civil commitment costs. Wherever possible, we used government data sources to inform cost estimates. Results indicate the annual cost to incarcerate adults convicted of sex crimes against children in the United States approaches $5.4 billion. This estimate does not include any costs incurred prior to incarceration (e.g., related to detection and prosecution) or post-release (e.g., related to supervision or registration). Nor does this estimate capture administrative and judicial costs associated with appeals, or administrative costs that cannot be extricated from other budgets, as is the case when costs per-prisoner are shared between prisons and civil commitment facilities. We believe information on the substantial funding dedicated to incarceration will be useful to U.S. federal, state, and local lawmakers and to international policymakers as they consider allocating resources to the development, evaluation and dissemination of effective prevention strategies aimed at keeping children safe from sexual abuse in the first place.

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不检查我们不会写：关于性犯罪者监禁高成本的报告

儿童性虐待是一个可预防的公共卫生问题，主要通过被动的刑事司法工作来解决。在本报告中，我们重点关注在美国监禁因针对儿童的性犯罪而被定罪的成年人的成本。具体来说，我们总结了有关美国州和联邦监狱和性犯罪者民事承诺费用的公开信息。在可能的情况下，我们使用政府数据源来为成本估算提供信息。结果表明，美国每年监禁犯有针对儿童的性犯罪的成年人的成本接近 54 亿美元。该估算不包括在监禁前（例如，与侦查和起诉有关）或释放后（例如，与监督或登记有关）发生的任何费用。这一估计也没有包括与上诉相关的行政和司法成本，或无法从其他预算中抽出的行政成本，就像监狱和民事拘留设施之间分摊每个囚犯的成本那样。我们相信，有关专门用于监禁的大量资金的信息将有助于美国联邦、州和地方立法者以及国际政策制定者考虑分配资源以制定、评估和传播旨在保护儿童免受性虐待的有效预防策略首先。