Question

What is the authors’ main purpose in the text? A to emphasize that restorative justice can achieve something that punishing perpetrators cannot B to show how the United States’ justice system is less developed than other countries’ justice systems C to prove that reconciliation between victims and perpetrators has better results than compensating victims D to highlight how there is no crime too terrible that a perpetrator and victim cannot achieve reconciliation

Answer 1

The authors main purpose is to prove that reconciliation between victims and perpetrators has better results than compensating victims

Option (C) is correct.

Explanation:

The authors main purpose is to

(A) to emphasize that restorative justice can achieve something that punishing perpetrators cannot

(B) to show how the United States’ justice system is less developed than other countries’ justice systems

(C) to prove that reconciliation between victims and perpetrators has better results than compensating victims

(D) to highlight how there is no crime too terrible that a perpetrator and victim cannot achieve reconciliation

The authors main purpose is to prove that reconciliation between victims and perpetrators has better results than compensating victims.