Such research has been criticized by some as being utilitarian, discriminatory as to race and socioeconomic class, and as promoting eugenics as a solution to crime.
Levitti ja Donohue uuringut on kritiseeritud kui utilitaristlikku, rassist ning sotsiaalökonoomilisest klassist lähtuvalt diskrimineerivat ja kui eugeenikat kuritegevuse vastase lahendusena propageerivat.