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respect for persons

An ethical principle pertaining to respecting individual autonomy and protecting persons with diminished autonomy... Read More

response time

Pertaining to child welfare, the time between the log-in of a call to the State agency alleging child maltreatment and the face-to-face contact with the alleged victim, when appropriate, or contact with another person who can provide information... Read More

restitution

Court action that requires perpetrators to make financial payments to their victims, usually as a condition of probation or leniency in sentencing... Read More

restraint

Any method used to restrict the movement of a person or part of the person’s body in order to protect the person or others from injury... Read More

restraint marks

Marks resulting from physical or mechanical forms of restraints... Read More

return of property

The process of returning, and documenting the return of, property that has been temporarily checked out of an agency’s custody for investigation, processing, court, or related purposes... Read More

reverse

When an appellate court sets aside the decision of a lower court because of an error... Read More

review

An evaluation of documentation to check for consistency, accuracy, and completeness... Read More

rewind

Street name, slang, or code word for synthetic cannabinoids... Read More

RFP

Acronym for Request for Proposal... Read More

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