The explosion in violent crime in the late 1980s and early 1990s was attributed to the widespread sale and use of

a. crack cocaine.
b. heroin.
c. methamphetamine.
d. marijuana.


A

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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a. having a fluid membership whose participation in the gang is unpredictable. b. having a well-defined division of labor. c. made up primarily of males in their mid-twenties. d. part of a network of gangs that fight together in gang wars.

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In 1750, this individual made the pursuit of London's criminals more systematic by creating a small group of "thief-takers."

a. Sir Robert Peel c. John Augustus b. Patrick Colquhoun d. Henry Fielding

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