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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. How many kids with negative and aggressive social maps become violent?
2. What does the author reveal about himself as he discusses difficult children?
3. Why do some children who are not abused become violent children?
4. What does the accumulation approach to developmental threat show us about success?
5. What is one hypothesis about why some children have lower resting heart rates?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain why the problem of youth violence changes as the problem spreads, and why 'war zones' are a prime area for the 'infection' of youth violence to foster.
2. What does Garbarino say about society's desire to punish violent youth?
3. Explain why Garbarino sees little difference between murder and violent assault.
4. Explain the term 'toxic shame', and what it means to Garbarino.
5. Describe the concept of the tipping point.
6. Explain 'Conduct Disorder', and why it is a useful, but dangerous, label.
7. Explain why Garbarino calls these violent youth 'lost boys'.
8. Explain why suicides should be included in rates of youth violence.
9. Explain why Garbarino argues that medical technology is partially to blame for unreliable statistics on homicide rates.
10. Describe the first step in how the 'disease' of youth violence spread in the United States.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
List and discuss the four factors that can help keep a young person from becoming despondent, or as Garbarino puts it, "keep a soul from dying". Be sure to discuss not only the four factors, but how those factors help to keep the "inner light" of young people alive, despite any negative circumstances they may be in.
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
Garbarino discusses the concept of trauma in the book. Explain what trauma is, and why people who experience trauma deal with it in different ways. Be sure to include the two types of trauma in your answer, and why one of these types has such a lasting and detrimental effect. Include the concept of meaningfulness, as well as ideas of terminal thinking.
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