1. part a: which statement identifies the central idea of the text?
a. juvenile offenders who are sent to adult prisons have a harder time reentering
society than their fellow adult prisoners.
b. juvenile offenders shouldnāt be held accountable for their criminal actions, as it
has been proven that their brains arenāt fully developed.
c. while some people support harsher punishment for juvenile offenders, research
and personal stories show how rehabilitation can benefit young people.
d. the risk of rehabilitating rather than punishing juvenile offenders is too high, as
they might return to crime after their release from prison.
2. part b: which quote from the text best supports the answers to part b?
a. āāi couldnāt believe what happened so quickly,ā schultz says. āiām sitting in this jail
with a bunch of grown men thinking: how did i get here? how did this happen? āā
(paragraph 3)
b. āand by 2000, juveniles were regularly being sent into adult systems for crimes
ranging from drug possession to murder, further stressing overcrowded
prisons.ā (paragraph 14)
c. āāif we put kids in situations where thereās mentors, where thereās love and
support, they can turn their lives around,ā he says. āiām proof of that.āā (paragraph
23)
d. āāwhen people are incarcerated, they arenāt out in the street ransacking your
home or slashing children to death,ā he says.ā (paragraph 32)
3. how do paragraphs 25-32 contribute to our understanding of the controversy surrounding
juvenile justice?
a. they explain the actions and opinions of people who are against the idea of
rehabilitating juvenile criminals rather than punishing them.
b. they provide proof that itās too dangerous to rehabilitate criminals, as theyāre
likely to return to crime.
c. they show how groups against rehabilitating criminals have control over the
juvenile justice system in a majority of states.
d. they provide evidence that criminals who spend more time in prison are less
likely to commit crimes when released.
4. how does the authorās discussion of specific juvenile offenders contribute to our
understanding of the juvenile justice system?
a. it emphasizes how the juvenile offenders were put in situations in which they
had no choice but to commit a crime.
b. it stresses that the juveniles committed minor crimes, showing how harshly the
juvenile justice system works.
c. it shows the mental and emotional abuse that juvenile offenders suffered in
adult prisons and their inability to work towards rehabilitation.
d. it shows how juvenile offenders benefitted from the classes and mentoring they
received while incarcerated.
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