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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 caused Chuck and Ada’s family to become much less happy with Peggy Beckstrand’s work on the Ronald Duncan trial in Part 3, Chapter 13?
2. What is the title of Part 2, Chapter 9?
3. Elias was sent to CYA but disobeyed orders so that he would be sent to jail and would be able to kill whom, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 11?
4. Carla James was sent to what facility, where she would spend most of her time in group therapy, in Part 2, Chapter 11?
5. Whose case was Sister Janet trying to reopen in Part 4, Chapter 18, according to the author?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe Shy Boy’s circumstances in Part 3, Chapter 15?
2. How did Judge Dorn view himself as an authority figure? How did others perceive him in the system, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 12?
3. How does the author describe Sherry Gold when introducing her in Part 3, Chapter 15?
4. How does the author describe the “reformer buzz” that took place in 1994 in Part 2, Chapter 9?
5. What conclusions did Carla James express of the juvenile justice system to the author in Part 4, Chapter 18?
6. How is Mark Lancaster’s background described in Part 3, Chapter 15? What was Mark charged with?
7. Where was Carla James sent for her actual sentence after her evaluation in Part 2, Chapter 11?
8. What did Roy Sukoda’s study show, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 9?
9. What was the outcome in the case of Hugh, described by the author in Part 3, Chapter 15?
10. What program helped to rehabilitate Andre, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 9?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the origins, history, and statistics of street gangs in Los Angeles from the 1960s to today. What are the contributing factors in the rise and fall of gang activity? Why are gangs such an issue in the juvenile justice system? Who among the kids followed by Humes in the book were involved in gangs?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the biography and work of Judge Roosevelt Dorn. What was Dorn’s history prior to his appointment at the Thurgood Marshall Branch? What was his military history? What was controversial about Dorn’s approach to the juvenile justice system in LA County?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the time period that the book covers. What politicians were in office at this time? What were public feelings about the juvenile justice system in the United States? How has the juvenile justice system changed from the time in which the book was written to today?
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