The answer would be D.
"A" wouldn't be the correct answer because although the paragraph mentions true love, it is just a topic in the paragraph, not what the paragraph is about.
"B" Again, this idea is mentioned in the paragraph but if you look at it closely this is not what the paragraph is about.
"C" This is something that you might get from reading this paragraph, but it isn't actually saying this. Don't get the two confused
"D" is the correct answer because this is the whole idea and whole picture of the paragraph.
This is a reflective poem in which the author, John Donne, speaks his mind about death. It came into existence following an illness which he barely survived, and he speaks what he thinks of death in it.
In the late 1980s, the public perceived that juvenile crime was on the rise and that the system was too lenient. Many states passed punitive laws, including mandatory sentences and automatic adult court transfer for certain crimes.
In the 1990s, this tough on crime trend accelerated. Tougher laws made it easier to transfer youth offenders to the criminal justice system. By the mid-1990s, use of institutional confinement for even minor offenses was growing. Youth correctional facilities across the country were overcrowded and conditions were deplorable.
Beginning in the late 1990s, the drive to increase rates of youth incarceration began to recede. Led by California, many states began reducing the number of youths committed to youth correctional institutions.
Borrowing from the lessons learned from the closing of the Massachusetts training schools in the early 1970s, the efficiency of the congregate institution was now being questioned.
By the end of the first decade of the 21st century, states such as California were instituting the most sweeping reforms in the history of the juvenile justice system.
Restrictive.... that's strict as heck
