New statewide research reveals the economic cost of intimate partner violence in Louisiana

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New statewide research reveals the economic cost of intimate partner ********* in Louisiana

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A new study conducted by Tulane University’s Newcomb Institute has uncovered the staggering economic toll of intimate partner ********* experienced by women in Louisiana.

The report, titled

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found that intimate partner ********* cost the state $10.1 billion in medical expenses, lost productivity and ********* justice spending in 2022 alone.

The monetary costs per survivor amounted to approximately $105,602 annually, or 2.5 times more than the average wage earned by women in Louisiana.

This is the only cost analysis of its kind for a single U.S. state outside of California.

“Most states have no idea what they’re spending on intimate partner *********, which further illustrates the urgent need for action,” said Anita Raj, executive director of Newcomb Institute and co-author of the report. “We believe that the data make an undeniable economic case for increased investment in prevention programs and reforms to effectively respond to domestic *********.”

The economic toll in Louisiana, which is based on data from the Newcomb Institute’s recent

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, found the fiscal impact of intimate partner ********* amounts to almost a quarter of the state’s annual budget.

“Widespread domestic ****** is a major breach of women’s rights first and foremost, but it also incurs huge economic costs,” said Jeni Klugman, an economist based at the Brookings Institution and co-author of the report. “After working at the international level on the costs of *********, I welcomed the opportunity to investigate Louisiana in partnership with Newcomb Institute.”

More than half of Louisiana residents experience physical ********* in their lifetime, with one in five individuals being threatened or harmed with a firearm, according to the LaVEX survey released last summer.

Quantifying the extent and nature of intimate partner *********, the survey found that half of Louisiana adults have encountered some form of ********* from a current or former romantic or ******* partner, with more than 200,000 adults experiencing such ********* within the past year.

The research also highlights the disproportionate impact on women, who are three times more likely than men to experience severe and potentially fatal forms of intimate partner *********. Alarmingly, one in four women who experienced such ********* reported suicidal thoughts within the past year.

The new cost analysis for Louisiana draws attention to the underreporting of intimate partner ********* to the authorities, which is a common challenge across the country and around the world that is often attributed to women’s ***** of consequences from reporting and lack of trust in the ********* justice system.

The authors point out that statewide prosecution and conviction rates for domestic ********* are not available. To fully understand the scope of the problem, more and better data are needed.

“Our current estimates are likely *************,” Raj said. “A total annual cost of $10 billion is obviously a massive number for Lousiana that should get everybody’s attention, but I want to emphasize that the repercussions of intimate partner ********* against women in Louisiana are even greater—both from an economic and a human perspective—and warrant immediate and much larger state and national policy responses.”

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