The impact of socio-economic factors on police expenditure - A case study of Punjab state
By: Sidhu, H.S.
Contributor(s): Bains, S.S.
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ArticlePublisher: 2007Description: p.267-290.Subject(s): Police - India - Punjab | Police
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Indian Journal of Public AdministrationSummary: Policing a multicultural and highly stratified developing society with acute economic inequity is not easy. Presence of a large police force acts as a deterrent to all sorts of crimes, specially the violent crimes. The present study is an attempt to examine the variations in the nature and quantum of public expenditure on police services in Punjab during different phases of crime. Further an attempt has been made to have a comparative study of Total Police Expenditure in comparison to different categories of crime, total public expenditure, unemployment, population, urbanisation literacy and migration into Punjab. Efforts made to professionalise and modernise the Punjab Police Force contributed to huge costs and a burden on govenment. Every penny spent on police has to be justified by way of direct and indirect benefit occurring to the society. - Reproduced.
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Policing a multicultural and highly stratified developing society with acute economic inequity is not easy. Presence of a large police force acts as a deterrent to all sorts of crimes, specially the violent crimes. The present study is an attempt to examine the variations in the nature and quantum of public expenditure on police services in Punjab during different phases of crime. Further an attempt has been made to have a comparative study of Total Police Expenditure in comparison to different categories of crime, total public expenditure, unemployment, population, urbanisation literacy and migration into Punjab. Efforts made to professionalise and modernise the Punjab Police Force contributed to huge costs and a burden on govenment. Every penny spent on police has to be justified by way of direct and indirect benefit occurring to the society. - Reproduced.
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