1.   But police officials insist that offering rewards does help catch suspects.

2.   If a reward helps at all, Luke suspects, it will be to attract attention.

3.   Rewards can help police nab murderers, but catching tax dodgers should remain a job for the police and tax inspectors, he said.

4.   Wives and parents of four Western hostages held hostage for more than a year in Kashmir on Monday said a cash reward could help obtain information about the captives.