Editorial: A recent survey shows that 77 percent of people feel that crime is increasing and that 87 percent feel the judicial system should be handing out tougher sentences. Ttherefore, the government must firmly address the rising crime rate. The reasoning in the editorial's argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument
A: presumes, without providing justification, that there is a correlation between criminal offenders being treated leniently and a high crime rate
B: fails to distinguish between the crime rate's actually rising and people's believing that the crime rate is rising
C: presumes, without providing justification, that tougher sentences are the most effective means of alleviating the crime problem
D: appeals to survey results that are inconsistent because they suggest that more people are concerned about the sentencing of criminals than are concerned about crime itself
Choose A, B, C or D as your solution.
B