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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the author admit he is trying to do by writing this book?
2. What is one reason homicide rates seem to have declined?
3. The term for feeling constantly ashamed, disgraced, humiliated, and worthless is ____________________.
4. What book is a favorite of the boys at the center?
5. What does Garbarino call the spiritual being within a child?
Short Essay Questions
1. In addition to negative social maps, what are two other links between abuse and child develop issues?
2. Describe the concept of the tipping point.
3. Explain what class and race bias are, and how they contribute to a lack of concern for youth violence in minority areas.
4. Explain the term 'toxic shame', and what it means to Garbarino.
5. Explain what researchers Patrick Tolan and Nancy Guerra discover are the most effective treatments for delinquency and criminally violent youth.
6. Explain how disassociation can help lead to violence.
7. What are the temperamental traits that put a child at risk for trouble and aggression, and what does research on responsive mothers show in light of these traits?
8. What are the three options in terms of the development of aggressive and violent boys?
9. Explain the three effects of living without a father on youth development.
10. Explain the tie between neurological problems and violence, and why Garbarino blames, again, medical technologies for the rise in neurological issues in children.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the book, the effects of abuse on the social maps of children is discussed, in terms of the fact that abused children often see the world differently than those who are not abused. As part of that discussion, there are four specific elements of the moral code for abused children that have an impact on their relationship with the world. Discuss these four elements in depth. What are they, and how do they affect the world view of the abused child. How do these translate into higher changes of violence?
Essay Topic 2
Garbarino discusses the predictable pattern of escalating antisocial acts that often bring violent boys to the attention of authorities. Discuss this pathway, in detail. make sure to include school, the juvenile justice system, juvenile court systems, probation officers, treatment specialists and youth advocates. Also, be sure to discuss MST treatment options, and their success. Finally, discuss options if MST is not available, including juvenile and adult prison systems.
Essay Topic 3
Throughout the book, statistics are used to support many of the concepts within the book. On the other hand, Garbarino himself mentions the limitations of statistics as he discusses the numbers of homicides each year. Discuss the limitations of statistics, as discussed by Garbarino. Be sure to include why the numbers may be false, and how they may be misread. Next, apply the same concepts to the statistics Garbarino himself uses in the book. What are the dangers of using statistics to support ideas?
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