Juvenile Justice System

Which of these describes the SUPPORTING EVIDENCE (an example, fact, or statistic from a source to support the topic sentence or reason)?

• The paragraph highlights the significance of this decrease, suggesting progress in providing opportunities and developments to prevent juvenile crime and improve the future.

• 1. The paragraph discusses the efforts at state and federal levels to minimize juvenile offenders' transfer to the criminal justice system.

• 1. The writer mentions a decrease in the number of inmates in juvenile detention from 1997 to 2010.

Which of these describes the ADDITIONAL DETAIL (reasoning from the paragraph that explains, elaborates, or extends this example, fact or statistic)?

• The paragraph highlights the significance of this decrease, suggesting progress in providing opportunities and developments to prevent juvenile crime and improve the future.

• 1. The paragraph discusses the efforts at state and federal levels to minimize juvenile offenders' transfer to the criminal justice system.

• 1. The writer mentions a decrease in the number of inmates in juvenile detention from 1997 to 2010.

What alternative approaches does the writer suggest for addressing juvenile crime besides trying them as adults?

• Isolate the juvenile from society so they have time to reflect on their poor decisions and behavior

• Restorative justice programs, mental health interventions, community-based programs, and educational support

• Harsher punishments for all crimes to intimidate, scare, and prevent young people from engaging in crime

• Completely abolish the juvenile justice system in favor for the adult justice system.

Which of these describes the TOPIC SENTENCE (what the paragraph is going to discuss or be about / a reason in a complete sentence)?

• The writer cites research indicating that human psycho-social development doesn't fully mature until at least age 22.

• The paragraph discusses the fundamental differences between juveniles and adults in terms of cognitive development and suggests that juveniles should not be treated the same as adults in the criminal justice system.

• The paragraph elaborates on the immaturity of juvenile minds and the lack of rational judgment due to underdeveloped frontal lobes, suggesting that juveniles cannot fully comprehend the consequences of their actions like adults can.

Which of these describes the SUPPORTING EVIDENCE (an example, fact, or statistic from a source to support your reason)?

• The writer cites research indicating that human psycho-social development doesn't fully mature until at least age 22.

Which of these describes the SUPPORTING EVIDENCE (an example, fact, or statistic from a source to support the topic sentence or reason)?

• 1. The paragraph emphasizes that punishing children for instances out of their control, such as genetic predispositions or socio-economic status, is unjust.

• 1. The writer cites a 2008 BBC News study, which reveals various factors contributing to juvenile crime, such as low IQ, convicted parents, attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD), and low socio-economic status.

• 1. The paragraph introduces the idea that certain factors during childhood increase the risk of juvenile crime.

  
  

Which of these describes the ADDITIONAL DETAIL (reasoning from the paragraph that explains, elaborates, or extends this example, fact or statistic)?

• The writer cites a 2008 BBC News study, which reveals various factors contributing to juvenile crime, such as low IQ, convicted parents, attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD), and low socio-economic status.

• The paragraph emphasizes that punishing children for instances out of their control, such as genetic predispositions or socio-economic status, is unjust.

• The paragraph introduces the idea that certain factors during childhood increase the risk of juvenile crime.

Which of these describes the TOPIC SENTENCE (what the paragraph is going to discuss or be about / a reason in a complete sentence)?

• The paragraph highlights the significance of this decrease, suggesting progress in providing opportunities and developments to prevent juvenile crime and improve the future.

• 1. The paragraph discusses the efforts at state and federal levels to minimize juvenile offenders' transfer to the criminal justice system.

• 1. The writer mentions a decrease in the number of inmates in juvenile detention from 1997 to 2010.

What analogy does the writer use to illustrate their point about the treatment of juvenile offenders?

• Damaged goods like rotten meat or spoiled milk that are beyond repair to emphasize the discrepancy the importance of treating juveniles as beyond rehabilitation without hope.

• Children behind a desk with a pencil instead of behind bars with a sling to emphasize the discrepancy between treating juveniles as children in other aspects of life but as adults in the criminal justice system.

• Innocent children who need to be punished harshly despite the societal factors that have kept them from success.

• None of these are correct.

The essay mentions specific cases involving juvenile offenders. How do these cases contribute to the writer's argument?

• The cases contradict the writer's argument.

• All of these are correct.

• The cases provide irrelevant information to the writer's argument.

• The cases contribute by providing concrete evidence and context to the writer's argument.