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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. Incorporating both male and female characteristics is called ___________________.

2. What does Garbarino call the new social math?

3. Social health is the sum total of a community's ___________________.

4. What percentage of American kids have been found to be in need of professional mental health intervention?

5. An extreme lack of confidence in the future is called ___________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are home visiting programs, and why do they work?

2. Explain trauma, and why and how the learning of human fragility can be traumatic.

3. Explain Kohlberg's system of moral intellect.

4. According to James Gilligan, what causes the intolerable existence of violent youths, and what is the effect?

5. What is Garbarino's belief about what is involved in a complete rehabilitation program for violent boys?

6. What is social support, as a foundation for resilience, and what are the two dimensions of social support?

7. What forces are at work when identifying preventative measures and acting on them, in terms of violent youth?

8. Explain why military veterans are not violent, considering they have both depersonalized the enemy and have been desensitized.

9. Why is the measure of wealth to a child difficult?

10. Explain Garbarino's point about moral and legal legitimacy for non-violent adults, or how we define immoral killing.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In addition to the psychological anchors mentioned in the book, there are also social anchors that are vital to keeping youth away from violence. Choose three of the following, and discuss them, making sure to discuss not only how they help keep kids from violence, but how they compliment psychological anchors.

1. Stability

2. Affirmation

3. Security

4. Time

5. Economic Equality

6. Institutions That Foster Human Rights

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the concepts of depersonalization and desensitization. Include the information given about the changes in training for the military, and why that tells us something about the desensitization effects of modern media. In your discussion, discuss how modern media, including violent television and video games, can desensitize and sensationalize violence, as well as how modern music can dehumanize women and other races and cultures.

Essay Topic 3

Garbarino lists a total of eight lines of defense communities, families, schools, and establishments can do to help prevent lethal youth violence. Choose three of the eight lines of defense listed in the book, and explain what they are, and how they can help prevent youth violence. Be sure to include examples, if needed.

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