PrepTest 108, Section 4, Question 15
Much of mainstream thinking concerning juvenile delinquency in(460 more words not shown)
The primary purpose of the(3 more words not shown)
- Aprove that law(12 more words not shown)
- Bdiscuss how juvenile(8 more words not shown)
- Cexamine the validity(11 more words not shown)
- Dexplain the causes(16 more words not shown)
- Eargue that a(12 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Return to our main-point prediction: change the response to juvenile delinquency so that young offenders can mature and be rehabilitated without incarceration. The research and the discussion of self-image give reasons for that recommendation. The purpose answer needs to reach the recommendation too.
Working the answers
- A
The writer questions assumptions behind current practice, but proving officials don't understand the true causes isn't the central project. The discussion develops a better response.
- B
The youths' view of their acts as fun helps explain why incarceration might alter their self-image. That's one supporting part, not the overall purpose.
- C
The opening challenges the idea of inevitable adult crime, but the writer goes beyond evaluating that belief. The later paragraphs argue for rehabilitation within the community.
- D
We aren't given a general explanation of why juvenile delinquency arises in these countries. The question driving the argument is how society should respond to it.
- ECorrect
The writer argues that a different treatment could produce a better result: young offenders learning society's values rather than adopting a criminal identity. This captures the practical aim that connects the findings, the maturation argument, and the shoplifting example.
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