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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If a teen has been arrested, and has an already existing risk factor, the odds of the youth committing murder are ____________________.
(a) Lower.
(b) Twice as high.
(c) Nine times as high.
(d) Three times as high.

2. What surprised Garbarino about his experiences with the prosecuting attorney?
(a) The attorney didn't care about the law.
(b) The attorney only worried about the boys' crime, not his life.
(c) The attorney didn't care about the crime.
(d) The attorney only worried about the victims.

3. 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 increased public housing.
(d) Social policy has caused more poverty.

4. What can happen in these early instances of violence in young boys?
(a) The issue can either be seen and treated, ignored, or acted out in a harmless manner.
(b) The issue can be seen and treated immediately.
(c) The issue can be harmless.
(d) The issue can be ignored.

5. What was "Early Warning, Timely Response" supposed to help with?
(a) Responding to community needs.
(b) Responding to student threats.
(c) Dealing with violent youth.
(d) Dealing with broken homes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does psychiatrist James Gilligan believe most acts of violence are caused by?

2. What is disassociation?

3. This form of attachment indicates a high stress level and inconsolability.

4. 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 _______________________.

5. What is the term used to signify, among other things, the ability to read emotions of others?

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