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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How has social policy contributed to youth violence?
(a) Social policy has caused clustered public housing.
(b) Social policy has caused race battles.
(c) Social policy has caused more poverty.
(d) Social policy has increased public housing.

2. What has been shown to increase obedience during infancy?
(a) A responsive mother.
(b) A strict mother.
(c) A fearful mother.
(d) A non responsive mother.

3. Why do many adults avoid teenagers?
(a) They see them as disrespectful.
(b) They see them as alien and inscrutable.
(c) They see them as annoying.
(d) They see them as dangerous.

4. What does the author argue is the other factor when, combined with rick factors, influences homicide rates?
(a) The role of race.
(b) Gender.
(c) Economic status.
(d) Race.

5. How can adults help repair damage from disrupted attachments in children?
(a) Provide support for parents dealing with such children.
(b) Be very strict with the child to avoid problems.
(c) Try to take the place of the missing parent.
(d) Incarcerate the child before he misbehaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Garbarino say is true about the middle class, white killers of the modern age?

2. What is most important in the effect of parents on children?

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

4. What do these various options for early violent behavior often depend on?

5. What does the term 'bad seed' imply?

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