you will locate and describe a criminal justice policy of your choice, and thi

 you will locate and describe a criminal justice policy of your choice, and think through the important components of that policy’s context, intentions, probable effectiveness, and apparent costs.
The paper is designed to be an exercise in critical thinking, not a “book report” that requires you to locate published research related to the policy (though you may do so, if you like). The main objective here is to get us all thinking about where CJ policy comes from, how it changes or persists over time, and whether or not we agree with Mears (2010) in describing it as “irrational.”