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Family Surveillance: Police and the Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect

Frank Edwards
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences February 2019, 5 (1) 50-70; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2019.5.1.03
Frank Edwards
aPostdoctoral associate at the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research at Cornell University and incoming assistant professor of criminal justice at Rutgers University–Newark, Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, Room 1302D, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850.
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vol. 5 no. 1 50-70
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https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2019.5.1.03

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2377-8253
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  • Published online February 1, 2019.

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© 2019 Russell Sage Foundation. Edwards, Frank. 2019. “Family Surveillance: Police and the Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect.” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 5(1): 50–70. DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2019.5.1.03. Direct correspondence to: Frank Edwards at fedwards@cornell.edu, Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, Room 1302D, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850. Open Access Policy: RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences is an open access journal. This article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

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  1. Frank Edwardsa
  1. aPostdoctoral associate at the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research at Cornell University and incoming assistant professor of criminal justice at Rutgers University–Newark, Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, Room 1302D, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850.
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    Frank Edwards, (fedwards{at}cornell.edu)
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    • THE INTERSECTIONS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CHILD PROTECTION
    • CHILD PROTECTION SYSTEMS, FAMILY SURVEILLANCE, AND FAMILY REGULATION
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    • CRIME, POLICING, AND ARRESTS
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