A reexamination of the funnel effect using more recent BJS data found that this effect no longer exists.

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Recent studies and analyses, including those using Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) data, continue to demonstrate the existence of the funnel effect in the criminal justice system, indicating that the number of crimes reported or known is significantly higher than the number of cases that result in arrest, prosecution, conviction, and incarceration. This disparity is due to various factors such as decisions made at each stage of the criminal justice process, evidentiary requirements, plea bargaining, and prosecutorial discretion, among others.

A Reexamination of the Funnel Effect Using More Recent BJS