One of the consequences of criminal justice practitioners' traditional reliance on good intentions rather than solid evidence in criminal justice policymaking has been

a. a misinterpretation of crime data as showing a 10-12 year decline
b. an overemphasis on contextual factors as indicators of success
c. inexpensive and effective policies such as Scared Straight
d. the continuation of expensive but ineffective policies such as DARE


D

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