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Index - R

Race/ethnicity
     arrests by, 8-9, 11t-13t
     bias-motivated offenses, 2002, 57f
     of church arson arrestees, 60-61
     church arsons and bombings, racial makeup of subjects arrested for, 64f
     criminal justice system confidence and, 146
     death penalty and, 90, 92
     fear of crime and, 145
     federal officers, gender/race of full-time federal officers with arrest and firearm authority, June 2002, 144f
     hate crime incidents, offenses, known offenders, by bias motivation, 2002, 58t
     hate crime offenses by known offender's race, bias motivation, 2002, 61t
     hate crimes and, 57-58
     hate crimes by, 60
     hate groups and, 55
     hate-motivated murder incidents, 58-59
     jail inmates and, 95
     juvenile arrest rates and, 71-72
     law enforcement, gender, race/ethnicity of full-time federal officers with arrest/firearm authority in agencies employing 500 or more full-time officers, June 2002, 142t
     of law enforcement officers, 138
     money laundering and, 120
     murder offenders by age, sex, race, 2002, 22t
     murder offenders/victims, 22
     murder victim-offender relationship, by race, sex, 2002, 23t
     offender, age, race, sex of, 1996-2000, 30t
     prisoner characteristics, 97-98
     prisoners by, 93
     probation and, 99
     recidivism and, 101
     reporting crime to police and, 39-40
     robbery arrests and, 27
     sentenced prison population under state jurisdiction, growth of, by race, Hispanic origin, offense, 1995-2001, 98 (t6.12)
     sentenced prisoners under state jurisdiction, estimated number of, by offense, gender, race, Hispanic origin, 2001, 97 (t6.9)
     sniper-attack murder offenders, by age, sex, race, 1982-2001, 28t
     victim characteristics, 42
     victimizations, number of, and victimization rates by type of crime, race of head of household, 2002, 44t
     victimizations, number of, and victimization rates for persons age 12 and over, by crime type, gender, race of victims, 2002, 42t
     victimizations reported to police, percent of, by type of crime, gender, race/ethnicity of victims, 2002, 41t
     victims of crime and, 41
     of youth gang members, 83

Racism
     bias-motivated offenses, 2002, 57f
     hate crimes in 2002, 57
     hate groups and, 55
     of militia groups, 56

Racist Skinhead groups, 55

Racketeering, 122-123

Rand Corporation, 103-104

Rape
     arrests, 25
     cost of victimization, 44-45
     forcible rape, percent distribution of, by month, 1998-2002, 29t
     forcible rape, rate of, 4
     rate, 23, 25
     time/location of, 25
     victim, treatment of, 48

R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, 56

Reactive offender perpetrator, 59

Recidivism, 100-101

"Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 1994" (Langan and Levin), 100-101

Recovery rate, stolen property, 10

"Reforming Sentencing and Corrections for Just Punishment and Public Safety" (Smith and Dickey), 102-103

Region
     aggravated assault by, 27
     aggravated assault, by region, type of weapon used, 2002, 31 (t2.13)
     burglary rate by, 28
     crime pattern differences by, 4
     Index of Crime offense and population distribution, by region, 2002, 21t
     larceny-theft rate by, 29
     murder rate by, 20, 22
     prison population by, 96-97
     prisoners under jurisdiction of state/federal correctional authorities, by region, jurisdiction, year end 2001-02, 93t
     property crime victimization rates, by type of crime, region, residence locality, 2002, 47t
     rape rate by, 25
     robberies, percent distribution of, by region, type of weapon used, 2002, 31 (t2.12)
     state corrections budgets, 12
     victim characteristics by, 41-42
     violent/property crime rates, by region, 2002, 6f

Rehnquist, William
     on execution of mentally individuals, 92
     Payne v. Tennessee, 52-53

Relationships
     murder circumstances, 22
     murder circumstances, by relationship, 2002, 24t
     murder victim-offender relationship, by race, sex, 2002, 23t
     rape and, 23
     victim-offender, 42
     victimization rates, by victim-offender relationship, type of crime, selected victim characteristics, 2002, 48t-49t
     violent crimes by victim-offender relationship, type of crime, weapon used, 2002, 50t-51t

Religion
     bias-motivated offenses, 2002, 57, 57f
     church arson, 60-61
     hate crime incidents, offenses, known offenders, by bias motivation, 2002, 58t
     hate crime offenses by known offender's race, bias motivation, 2002, 61t
     hate groups and, 55
     militia groups and, 56

Reporting
     crime to police, 39-41
     hate crimes, 57
     victimizations reported to police, percent of, by type of crime, gender, race/ethnicity of victims, 2002, 41t

Republicans, 146

Restitution
     programs, 50-51
     victim compensation programs, 49-50
     for victims, 48

Restorative justice, 103

Retail store theft
     described, 121-122
     employee theft by retail market segment, 2002, 123f
     retail inventory shrinkage rates, 1991-2002, 121f
     shoplifting, responses to, 2002, 124f
     sources of retail inventory shrinkage, 2002, 122f

Ricin, 63

Ridge, Tom, 66

Rigas, John, 110

Rights, victim, 51-53

Robbery
     arrests for, 27
     Index of Crime, 1983-2002, 20t
     juvenile arrest rates for, 70
     juvenile arrest rates for, 1980-2001, 74 (f5.5)
     losses, 27
     number of bank robbery incidents reported, 1990-2001, 29f
     number/percent change of offenses, by type, 2001-02, 14 (t1.8)
     percent distribution of, by region, type of weapon used, 2002, 31 (t2.12)
     rate, 25, 27
     time/place of, 43
     value of goods in, 9-10

Rohypnol (date rape drug), 132

Ruby Ridge (ID), 56

Rudolph, Eric Robert, 62

Rural areas
     arson rate in, 31
     Crime Index, 2002, 5t
     crime rate in, 4

Ryan, George, 92

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