PrepTest 108, Section 4, Question 13
Much of mainstream thinking concerning juvenile delinquency in(460 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(17 more words not shown)
- ASince medical research(25 more words not shown)
- BIt was once(29 more words not shown)
- CIt is a(21 more words not shown)
- DIt is a(28 more words not shown)
- ESince medical research(28 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The supposed remedy can produce the very problem it is meant to prevent. Incarceration is used to stop delinquency, yet the research suggests it may make delinquent behavior continue. We need that specific kind of backfire, not just a treatment with some disadvantage.
Working the answers
- A
The research supports treating a condition before it gets worse. The treatment isn't said to create or perpetuate the problem.
- B
This is closer: research finds that a once-common treatment can be ineffective and harmful. But it doesn't say removing tonsils causes the sore throats it was supposed to treat. Harm in general isn't as precise a match as producing the target problem.
- C
Undesirable side effects aren't enough. We need the treatment to bring on the condition it is intended to remedy, not merely have some separate cost.
- DCorrect
The antacid treatment produces rebound acidity, “causing the very condition that it treats.” That matches the claimed relationship: incarceration intended to curb delinquency may instead perpetuate it. Both remedies can work against their own purpose.
- E
This describes a decision to leave less serious cases untreated because treatment has side effects. It doesn't describe a treatment causing the original problem. The backfiring relationship is missing.
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