01557pab a2200169 454500008004000000100001600040245008700056260000900143300001500152362001200167520109000179650002701269650001901296650001801315650001001333773004401343180718b2014   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aBains, S.S.  aIntensity of crime and police expenditure in different states of India (2000-2012)  c2014  ap.836-849.  aOct-Dec  aInternal disturbances and high crime rates prove detrimental to the economic health of a nation. In the present times, the nations facing such problems are incurring huge public expenditure on maintaining defence and internal security. The present article is an attempt to examine the intensity of crime under various categories (IPC, SLL & Violent Crimes) and to develop a comparative study among crime and police expenditure in different states of India over a period of analysis (2000-2012) using Karl Pearson's coefficient of correlation. In India Police expenditure had a very high correlation with IPC crimes (to the extent of 0.940), whereas low correlation with Special and Local Laws (SLL) crimes (to the extent of 0.267) and negative correlation with violent crimes (to the extent of - 0.225). The expenditure on police forces in India had been appropriately allocated among various standard heads of expenditure (SOE) as for the most part it is successful in controlling violent crime of heinous nature, which should be of highest priority of any police force. - Reproduced.  aState security - India  aPolice - India  aCrime - India  aCrime  aIndian Journal of Public Administration