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The author has described the development of the justice system's understanding and treatment of juvenile offenders over time as pathetic. she opines that the understanding and treatment as unreasonable, inhumane and miserable, taking into account the evolution of the modern era and the current times of the human race
Answer: A. Worried and desperate
Explanation: Chief John Ross sounds distressed and disheartened. (Some evidence includes lines 34 [harassed], 42-48 [despoiled of private possessions, stripped of every attribute of freedom, denationalized, disenfranchised, etc.], 52 [overwhelmed, sickened, utterance is paralyzed]).