As a criminal justice researcher, Professor Smith studied how a new law enacted by the State court increased the workload and arrest rate by the local police departments, as well as the additional burden placed on the state prison. What approach did Professor Smith likely take to his study?
a. conflict theory.
b. ethnomethodology.
c. symbolic interactionism.
d. structural functionalism.
e. ethnographic.
D
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