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Do we need more police, or are there better ways to cut crime?

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageAustralia has more police relative to population than ever before and they are a costly form of crime prevention.AAP/Mitchell Burke

Do we have enough police in Australia to manage our security needs? This is an important question because we spend more than A$10 billion a year to pay for the police services that we have. Should we spend more?

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