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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface - Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If a teen has been arrested, and has an already existing risk factor, the odds of the youth committing murder are ____________________.
(a) Lower.
(b) Three times as high.
(c) Twice as high.
(d) Nine times as high.

2. What does Garbarino say is true about the middle class, white killers of the modern age?
(a) They too show an accumulation of risk factors.
(b) They are spoiled.
(c) They are copy cat killers.
(d) They are not truly violent.

3. What did the Chicago Tribune publish in 1993?
(a) In depth profiles of everyone killed.
(b) In depth profiles of police killed.
(c) In depth profiles of children killed.
(d) In depth profiles of adults killed.

4. What is the leading cause of death for young minority males?
(a) Homicide.
(b) Drug overdose.
(c) Car accidents.
(d) Cancer.

5. What is one reason homicide rates seem to have declined?
(a) Medical technology saves some that would have died of their wounds ten years ago.
(b) Fewer homicides are actually reported.
(c) There are fewer homicides than ten years ago.
(d) There are fewer guns on the streets than ten years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What clothing item differentiates the levels of progress within the center?

2. What did some adults do in response to the announcing of the verdict in the Jonesboro trial?

3. How long has the author been studying violent youth?

4. Why does Garbarino refer to these violent offenders as 'lost boys'?

5. What has increased along with youth violence in the United States?

(see the answer key)

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