Question

Hurry on this one :) Which statement identifies the central idea of the text?

A

The courts are hesitant to treat juvenile offenders like adult offenders, but sometimes it’s necessary when rehabilitation isn’t possible.

B

The courts are violating juvenile offenders’ rights by sentencing them as they would adults, and exposing them to cruel and unusual punishment.

C

Criminal justice for both adult and juvenile offenders should focus on rehabilitation over incarceration, as incarceration is ineffective and expensive.

D

Treating juvenile offenders as adults has been ineffective, wasteful, and unresponsive to what is known about adolescent brain development.


THE COST OF PRISON IN DOLLARS AND LIVES

by Michael P. Jacobson

Commonlit.com

Answer 1

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Answer 2

C

Step-by-step explanation:

Michael Jacobson is one of the most persuasive advocates of rehabilitation and actively works in decreasing the number of incarcerations in the USA, which is the most in the world.

In this article, he argues that be it juveniles or adults, the cost of incarcerating someone young and never giving them a chance of being a functional member of the society is counter intuitive to the problem it tries to solve.

The ineffectiveness of jails is also in the fact that more often than not a jail term renders a person ineffective in starting life over.