Peter Chiavetta posted:"If you can get the science into the hands of the general population, they will invent very wise actions."
and that is precisely where you and Finkelhor are in total agreement.
Instead of relying on specious, aspirational claims for "technology" one needs to carefully evaluate the validity of the evidence (data) used to make the claim (that the hypothesis is supported). He merely asks us to evaluate the evidence, in the face of highly emotive arguments being offered by some: "we need to do this or else people will die!" Really?! One needs to remember (hard in some political climates) that the grander the claims, the more solid the evidence must be to justify their being acted on, to the inevitable "neglect" of other priorities.
But how many of us have done the training, are continuing to build on the training they received, in order to gather, evaluate and present evidence "scientifically" -- sadly, from what I've seen, precious few -- here's one recent article for your convenience (open access).