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Q
- Quasi-Military Organization [Policing]
- Qutb v. Strauss (1993)
R
- Racial Discrimination
- Racial Profiling
- Racism
- Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) [Criminal Law]
- Racketeering [Criminal Law]
- Radical Criminology. Also, Marxist Criminology and Critical Criminology.
- Rape. [Criminal Law] See also Forcible Rape and Sexual Battery.
- Rape Shield Laws [Criminal Law]
- Rape Trauma Syndrome [Criminal Law]
- Rate
- Rated Capacity
- Rational Choice Theory
- Reaction Formation
- Reactive [Policing]
- Real Evidence
- Reasonable Doubt
- Reasonable Doubt Standard. See Reasonable Doubt.
- Reasonable Force
- Reasonable Man Test. See Reasonable Person Test.
- Reasonable Person Test
- Reasonable Suspicion. See also Probable Cause.
- Rebuttable Presumption [Law]
- Rebuttal {in a Criminal Trial}
- Reception Facility
- Recidivism
- Recidivist
- Recklessly {culpable mental state}
- Reconciliation
- Record
- Recreational Drug User
- Reentry
- Reform Era {of Policing}
- Reformatory Movement [Corrections]
- Reformatory Style
- Regional Jail
- Rehabilitation
- Rehabilitation Model {of Corrections}
- Rehnquist Court (1986 – 2005)
- Reintegration
- Release on Recognizance (ROR)
- Remand [Law]
- Remedy [Law]
- Reporter [Legal Research]
- Reprieve
- Research
- Residential Burglary [Criminal Law]
- Residential Commitment
- Residential Treatment Center [Juvenile Justice]
- Residual Problems of Society [Policing]
- Responsible Moral Agent
- Restitution
- Restorative Justice
- Retribution
- Retributive Justice
- Revenge
- Reversed [Law]
- Revocation [Corrections]
- Revocation Hearing
- Ricketts v. Adamson (1987) Read the Abridged Case
- Right to Counsel
- Right to a Public Trial
- Right to a Speedy Trial
- Right to a Trial by Jury
- Right to Access to the Courts
- Right to Assemble
- Right to be Free From Cruel and Unusual Punishment
- Right to Confront Witnesses
- Right to Counsel
- Right to Free Speech
- Right to Notice of Accusations
- Right to Privacy
- Right to Remain Silent
- Right to Free Exercise of Religion
- Right to Vote
- Riot. See Unlawful Assembly.
- Robbery (UCR)
- Robbery (law)
- Roberts, Justice John
- Roe v. Wade (1973)
- Rout. See Unlawful Assembly.
- Routine Activities Theory
- Rule of Law
- Rules of Criminal Procedure
- Rules of Evidence
- Runaway
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