Trying youths in criminal courts and incarcerating them with adults:

a. may actually increase the chance that juveniles will commit more crimes in the future.
b. often results in severe penalties for minor offenders rather than for the violent ones at which the measures are aimed.
c. were the results of a "get tough" policy toward juveniles that developed in the 1980s.
d. all of the above.


Answer: d

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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