Status-degradation ceremonies in juvenile courts are probably most likely to dissuade juveniles from engaging in more delinquency if the juveniles are:

a. labeled in public rather than in private.
b. able to remove the label with good behavior in the future.
c. insensitive to others' evaluations of themselves.
d. locked up for a few days.


Answer: b

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