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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Garbarino call the spiritual being within a child?
(a) The divine self.
(b) The religious self.
(c) The sacred self.
(d) The holy self.

2. What does Julio represent?
(a) A failure.
(b) A lost cause.
(c) A success.
(d) A tragedy.

3. The term for the moment when a small change in the presence of a germ produces a big change in the rate of infection is _______________________.
(a) The ending point.
(b) The tipping point.
(c) The natural point.
(d) The dire point.

4. What two patterns of fathers are common in the history of violent boys?
(a) An abusive father and a strict father.
(b) An abuse father and a loving father.
(c) An absent father and a loving father.
(d) An absent father and an abusive father.

5. Garbarino says that at risk populations don't cause the epidemic, they _____________________.
(a) Don't care, so they don't fight the infection.
(b) Are more ripe for infection.
(c) Have too few adults to combat the issues.
(d) Have too many issues to combat one more.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other areas in the world have seen youth violence due to racism and cultural values?

2. What is the name of center Garbarino helps run?

3. How did an end to segregation allow for the growth of youth violence?

4. In what year did four shootings occur in areas that were not typically hubs of youth violence?

5. In the study by Tolan and Guerra on effective treatments, what two aspects were emphasized?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what the Chicago Tribune did in 1993 - 1994, and what Garbarino's son's reaction was to his father's concerns.

2. Discuss what happened in 1998 that made the world take notice of youth violence.

3. Explain why Garbarino sees little difference between murder and violent assault.

4. Explain the accumulation approach to risk factors for youth violence, and how it helps lend hope for helping these young men.

5. Explain why Garbarino argues that medical technology is partially to blame for unreliable statistics on homicide rates.

6. Explain why some abused children avoid these negative social maps?

7. Explain what class and race bias are, and how they contribute to a lack of concern for youth violence in minority areas.

8. What does the social biological perspective say about why children face different opportunities and risks for development?

9. Explain the tie between neurological problems and violence, and why Garbarino blames, again, medical technologies for the rise in neurological issues in children.

10. Explain how this problem in small cities in magnified by the educational system.

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