25-29 2012 Fight the Violence!

Fight the Violence!
Oct 14, 2011 6:53 PM EDT

What if gang violence in America could be reduced just by talking? Professor and activist David Kennedy talks with Ben Crair about his new book, Don’t Shoot, criticism of his plan, and the economics of gangs.

In 1995, David M. Kennedy went to Boston on behalf of* Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government to study violent crime. Like many American cities at that time, Boston was suffering a wave of homicides. After linking up with a special Boston Police Department task force, Kennedy and his team recognized that most of the killing was the work of a small handful of identifiable gang members. Rather than locking them all up, they tried something new: They met with the gang members and community leaders, offered them assistance in getting off the streets, and warned them that, if any single gang member committed another murder*, they would crack down* on the entire group. Crime dropped almost overnight, and Kennedy’s “Operation Ceasefire,” as it has come to be known, has been implemented in more than 70 cities, addressing issues from gun violence to drug markets to juvenile robberies. Now, Kennedy recounts his experiences in a new book, Don’t Shoot: One Man, a Street Fellowship, and the End of Violence in Inner-City America.

 (Newsweek, 14.10.2011. Adaptado)

*on behalf of:em nome de
*murder: assassinato
*crack down: usar de repressão com punição severa

*dropped - caiu

Questão 25
Assinale a alternativa que apresenta o motivo correto pelo qual David M. Kennedy foi a Boston.
(A) Prender os membros das gangues.
(B) Proteger os líderes das comunidades.
(C) Estudar o problema da criminalidade violenta.
(D) Trabalhar como espião para o governo norte-americano.
(E) Ministrar um curso na Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

Questão 26
De acordo com o texto,
(A) Boston sofre, atualmente, com o crescimento da onda de homicídios.
(B) Kennedy acreditava que a melhor punição para os criminosos era o cárcere.
(C) o sequestro de jovens foi um dos crimes combatidos na “Operation Ceasefire”.
(D) a maior parte das cidades americanas ainda tinha um alto índice de homicídios nos anos 90.
(E) o grupo inteiro seria penalizado, caso algum membro das gangues cometesse algum outro crime.

Questão 27
O pronome objeto them empregado em − offered them assistance in getting off the streets − refere-se a
(A) the streets.
(B) American cities.
(C) Kennedy and his team.
(D) Boston Police Department.
(E) gang members and community leaders.

Questão 28
Segundo o texto, as taxas de criminalidade
(A) diminuíram quase de um dia para o outro.
(B) noturna diminuíram praticamente num piscar de olhos.
(C) noturna se equipararam às taxas de criminalidade diurna.
(D) diurna permaneceram inferiores às taxas de criminalidade noturna.
(E) praticamente zeraram devido à “Kennedy’s Operation Ceasefire”.

Questão 29
Assinale a alternativa que apresenta a forma correta da voz ativa para o trecho em destaque na seguinte passagem do texto: Kennedy’s Operation Ceasefire, as it has come to be known, has been implemented in more than 70 cities.
(A) They have implement Kennedy’s Operation Ceasefire, as it has come to be known, in more than 70 cities.
(B) They had implemented Kennedy’s Operation Ceasefire, as it has come to be known, in more than 70 cities.
(C) They were implemented Kennedy’s Operation Ceasefire, as it has come to be known, in more than 70 cities.
(D) They had been implementing Kennedy’s Operation Ceasefire, as it has come to be known, in more than 70 cities.
(E) They have been implementing Kennedy’s Operation Ceasefire, as it has come to be known, in more than 70 cities.