Why Do Some Scholars Say That the Criminal Justice System

question 11

Multiple Choice

Why do some scholars say that the criminal justice system is designed to fail?

• A) Officers can never catch all criminals.
• B) The criminal justice system will never have enough money to combat crime in effective ways.
• C) For budgetary reasons, the criminal justice system must not stop all crime to prove it needs more money.
• D) Corruption runs rampant in all of the criminal justice system and keeps effective crime control strategies from working.

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