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RACISM – typically the belief that certain groups are
innately, biologically, socially, morally superior to
other groups, based upon an assumption held
about them.

RADIAL FRACTURES – lines that move away from
the point of impact in a glass window.

RADIAL LOOP – is fingerprint pattern derived its
name from the radius bone of the forearm; it is one
type of fingerprint patterns in which the ridges run
its direction to the radius bone or to the thumb,
symbolized by “R” in the fingerprint classification.

RADIATION – is heat transfer by way of
electromagnetic energy; when an energy travels
through space or materials.

RADIO DETECTION AND RANGING (RADAR) – is
a method of determining the location and speed of
an object. Radar works by transmitting signals and
measuring the time it takes for them to bounce off
the targeted object and return.

RADIO DISPATCHER - is the personnel in a police
communication center or coordinating center
tasked to receive and transmit radio messages.

RAFFAELE GAROFALO – Influenced by the
Lombroso’s theory of atavistic stigmata, he traced
the roots of criminal behavior not to physical
features but to their psychological equivalents,
which he called “moral anomalies”.

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