Part a: which statement identifies the central idea of the text? a: restorative justice is less effective when it is used to address serious crimes because some crimes are unforgivable. b: when offenders are forgiven by victims through restorative justice, the victims can heal and the offenders can understand their actions and between themselves. c: young people should have more opportunities for restorative justice, as they are less in control of their emotions and more likely to act impulsively or violently. d: while restorative justice can the victims, it's important to use punishment and rehabilitation to ensure that offenders don't commit another crime.

overnment is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.

a dictionary is the correct answer

the thesis statement : d