English midterm exam

What is the objective of Ceasefire?

Prevent retaliatory shootings

What idea does the author want to illustrate through the incident with Martin Torres?

The street code of honor complicates efforts to stop acts of violence.

Define ruminate

To consider or think about carefully; contemplate

Define retribution

Appropriate punishment or revenge

Define unmitigated

Complete and undiminishing

Define bellicose

Aggressively inclined to fight

What conclusion can be drawn from Ceasefire's action for hiring those right on the edge?

Cease-fire believes that those involved in violence have insight into how how to stop it.

What is the authors Buell at Ceasefire as revealed through details in the article?

Ceasefire's on usual approach to breaking the cycle of violence has had some success and deserves continued support.

According to Slutkin, cognitive dissonance disagreement plays a part in cease-fire strategy when interpreters...

Delay the act of retaliation, o show other thoughts that would influence decisions to see revenge.

Explain two problems that hinder or challenge cease-fires efforts to stop violence.

1. Retaliation is expected in the sans culture. Ceasefire has to intervene in anyway that sacrifices for the person expected to carry out the revenge. 2. Ceasefire resources and personnel are stretched to a breaking point. The author says they are Chicago project is under find, and the interrupters are stressed.

Define affiliation

In association with something or someone

Explain why Slatkin looks at violence as a public health issue and not a moral issue. How does this view shape cease-fires methods for dealing with violence?

Viewing violence as a moral issue means that you identify people as good or bad, this does not allow for the fact that good people can get caught up in a cycle of violence. But viewing it as a public health issue means that you are identifying helpful or unhelpful behaviors which can be changed. Just like with stopping the disease before it spreads. Cease-fire believes you can stop the violence before it spreads.