Based on the Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice by Bachman and Schutt and The Mismeasure of Crime by Mosher, Miethe, and Hart. Discuss the following prompts:

• How should research be used in criminal justice decisions and criminal justice policy development?
• Explain a gap in understanding the findings in academic, peer-reviewed criminal justice research and practitioner policy development. What can be done to close this gap?
• Christian perspective

please include links and references to scholarly articles in the last 5 years so I may follow up and further my research.