TITLE:
Data on Children Involved and the Social Costs Related to the Phenomenon of Maltreatment and Ill-Treatment towards Children in Italy
AUTHORS:
Giulia Savarese, Luna Carpinelli, Rosa Angela Villani, Daniela D’Elia, Monica Romei
KEYWORDS:
Child Violence, Social Cost, Italy
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.8 No.3,
March
4,
2020
ABSTRACT: This
short paper refers to the social cost of child maltreatment in Italy. The cost
of child violence is about 13.056 billion Euros per year, equivalent to 0.84%
of National GDP. Direct costs amount to 338.6 million Euros, while indirect
costs amount to 12.7 billion Euros. The new cases of maltreatment cost 910
million Euros each year. The paper discusses the data on cases of child
violence and the related social costs in Italy, comparing its with
International ones.