Question

Which factor changed in the treatment of young criminal offenders during the 1990s?

Courts began to focus on rehabilitation for the first time.


States began enacting harsher punishments for young offenders.


The Supreme Court began to recognize the legal rights of young offenders.


Courts began to hold parents responsible for the crimes committed by their children.

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Answer 1

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Answer 2

Answer: States began enacting harsher punishments for young offenders.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the late 1980s and the early 1990s juvenile crime rates saw a significant increase which prompted states to react by imposing stricter punishments for young offenders.

They were able to do this due to a Supreme Court ruling that allowed for juveniles to be provided much of the same due process as adults so in order to deter other young people from crime, states used this ruling to impose those higher punishments.