As a response to rising crime rates in the 1960s and the perceived lack of control over the sales of firearms, Congress enacted the:

A. Civil Rights Act of 1964
B. Crime Victims' Rights Act
C. Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
D. Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970


C. Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968

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Yugoslavia was established by the _____ ____ _____ out of the union of territories dating back to the end of World War I in 1918

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Critical thinking involves ______________ mental activity

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The three eras of policing according to the text are:

a. reform, social, and enforcement c. political, reform, and community b. enforcement, community, and social d. reform, community, and enforcement

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