I believe it costs $1.2 million to investigate a homicide from start to finish. That was the last statistic I received. It's a lot less to do preventive work and get in front of these situations before they turn ugly. We spend a lot of money and allocate a lot of resources to investigating homicides, and not as much towards family violence. I think that's representative of most organizations nationally.
On January 21st, 2011. See this statement in context.