Experts Attribute the Decrease in the Violent Crime Rate During

question 62

Multiple Choice

Experts attribute the decrease in the violent crime rate during the 1990s to ______.

• A) gun control laws
• B) the huge incarceration increase
• C) the war on drugs
• D) a decrease in the birth rate in the 1970s

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