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which factor changed in the treatment of young criminal offenders during the 1990s?

a) courts began to focus on rehabilitation for the first time.

b) states began enacting harsher punishments for young offenders

c) the supreme court began to recognize the legal rights of young offenders

d) courts began to hold parents responsible for the crimes committed by their children

a

courts began to focus on rehabilitation for the first time.

Explanation:

In 1990, the founders of the Juvenile court made reforms for the rehabilitation of young criminals as they saw the young criminals activities a result of negative social interactions.

The founders of the court realized that the young people were being harmed by social factors leading them to crimes. The purpose of this rehabilitation mission was to treat the criminals right so that they avoid a life of crimes in the future.