What Is the Funnel Effect

What is the funnel effect?

A) A term used to show how large numbers of crime are processed through the criminal justice system, while only a few result in sentences.
B) A term used to represent the large numbers of arrests that are made and the small number of lawyers who are able to adequately defend offenders.
C) The tendency of media outlets to selectively choose a few of the nation's criminal cases for media portrayals.
D) A term used to indicate that a large majority of crimes go unreported and consequently, that the criminal justice system only processes a limited percentage of the criminals.