Some countries are struggling with an increase in the rate of crime. Many people think that having more police on the streets is the only way to reduce these increasing levels of crime. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

There have been a drastic

increase

in

crime

in some countries.

As a result

, various measures geared toward reducing

crime

have been put in place by the authorities. It

is

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is, however

however

disagreed that increasing the

number

of

police

officers in the cities is the only way to reduce

crime

.

Analyzing

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Analysing

the

role

of the

police

in the criminal-justice system and their limitation in educating and re-orientating would-be criminals will show

this

.

Firstly

,

police

role

as

law

enforcers include looking for

law

breakers, arresting them and ensuring their prosecution.

Although

an

increase

in the

number

of

police

on the streets will

increase

the

number

of criminals behind bar, it will not reduce

crime

since the

police

do not indiscriminately

arrest

potential

law

breakers nor can they predict accurately at all times if a person will commit

crime

.

For example

, judges play an important

role

in

law

enforcement

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enforcement, however

however

, an

increase

in the

number

of judges will hasten prosecution of criminals but it will not necessarily reduce

crime

.

Similarly

, an

increase

in the

number

of

police

on the streets will hasten the

arrest

of

law

breakers but

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breakers, but

it may not cause a drastic reduction in

crime

.

Secondly

, the

police

does not play an active

role

in the education and re-orientation of young ones who are

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pruned

to become

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criminals

criminalized

criminalised

. According to the 2018 review of the Criminal Watch Group, a Nigerian think-tank, 70 percent of criminals are uneducated and products of broken homes.

to

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To

reduce

crime

, it

recommend

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recommends

good upbringing of young ones and

sound education

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a sound education

, a

role

the

police

do not perform.

Therefore

, an

increase

in the

number

of

police

officers

on

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in

the cities would not reduce

crime

to an appreciable level. In conclusion,

although

police

arrest

criminals and ensure they are prosecuted, an

increase

in the

number

of

police

on the street will not significantly reduce

crime

due to the limitation of

police

officers to

arrest

potential

law

breakers and to educate would-be criminals.