The idea that areas with high crime rates have lower arrest rates because their police are "extra" busy,and their police also realize that too many arrests would overburden the criminal justice system is known as the _____ argument.

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The system capacity argument suggests that police in high crime areas may not make as many arrests as they could because they realize that too many arrests would overwhelm the criminal justice system. This argument is based on the assumption that there are limits to the capacity of the criminal justice system to handle cases, so police in high crime areas exercise discretion in deciding which cases to pursue. The other answer choices are not relevant to this argument.

The Idea That Areas with High Crime Rates Have Lower