Yes. Guaranteed convictions yield inflated statistics, which bureaucrats then tout as evidence of their value and need for (greater) funding. Paywalled, but ex

Yes. Guaranteed convictions yield inflated statistics, which bureaucrats then tout as evidence of their value and need for (greater) funding. Paywalled, but excellent paper on this phenomenon: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C10&q=low+hanging+fruit+Harvard+policy+securities+exchange+perverse+incentives+&btnG=#d=gs_qabs&p=&u=%23p%3DVPGFe1uwAlMJ https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C10&q=low...