The long term cost of antisocial behaviour in childhood is high{---}and avoidable

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The long term cost of antisocial behaviour in childhood is high $---$ and avoidable

By adulthood, antisocial children have cost the public 10 times more than children with usual social behaviour. There havebeen few economic studies of the long term consequences of behaviourproblems in childhood. On p 191 Scott et al show that such individualsare responsible for high costs in health and education services,state benefits, and crime agencies. Overall, 142 children werefollowed up to age28.

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