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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 Garbarino claim is inside almost every violent teenager?
2. What is low resting heart rate associated with, according to the study by Losel, Bender, and Bliesener?
3. Why does Garbarino refer to these violent offenders as 'lost boys'?
4. How many homicides are there in the U.S. each year?
5. Rejected children are at a higher risk for __________________.
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain what researchers Patrick Tolan and Nancy Guerra discover are the most effective treatments for delinquency and criminally violent youth.
2. Explain the accumulation approach to risk factors for youth violence, and how it helps lend hope for helping these young men.
3. Explain the tie between neurological problems and violence, and why Garbarino blames, again, medical technologies for the rise in neurological issues in children.
4. Describe the four types of attachment.
5. Explain why Garbarino calls these violent youth 'lost boys'.
6. Explain the term 'toxic shame', and what it means to Garbarino.
7. What are the three options in terms of the development of aggressive and violent boys?
8. Explain how disassociation can help lead to violence.
9. Explain negative social maps, and how they develop.
10. Explain why Garbarino sees little difference between murder and violent assault.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the link between the U.S. populations most affected by youth violence and the particular cultural and historical patterns found in the South. Be sure to explain why the link exists, how the link influences youth violence, and how institutionalized violence plays a role in the cycle of violence across generations.
Essay Topic 2
Garbarino notes in the book that the effects of an abusive father or an absent father, as well as having an abusive or absent mother, plays a huge role in young men becoming more violent. Discuss the ramifications of having no father, or no mother, or abusive parents, on growing up. Be sure to incorporate information about rejection, abandonment, broken attachment, abuse, and shame in your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Throughout the book, there are several moments where Garbarino asks us to reflect on our own feelings and actions. Compare and contrast the violent youth to yourself. Be sure to compare moral circles, risk factors, perceived or real injustices, social prejudice, social conditions, capability for empathy and compassion, and spirituality. Through your comparison, answer the question of why your morals are different than those of violent youth.
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