If Someone Were to Comment to You That Crime in the United

If someone were to comment to you that crime in the United States is a contemporary problem, you would respond by saying:

A) Crime is not a contemporary problem but has been evolving since the nation was founded.
B) Crime rates today are higher than they were in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
C) In a historical sense, crime peaked during Civil War times and has been diminishing since that era.
D) Crime today is comparable to the lawlessness of the Old West.