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Administrative Burdens in Child Welfare Systems

Frank Edwards, Kelley Fong, Victoria Copeland, Mical Raz, Alan Dettlaff
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences September 2023, 9 (5) 214-231; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2023.9.5.09
Frank Edwards
aAssistant professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University–Newark, United States
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Kelley Fong
bAssistant professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine, United States
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Victoria Copeland
cSenior policy analyst and holds a PhD in social welfare from the University of California–Los Angeles, United States
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Mical Raz
dCharles E. and Dale L. Phelps Professor in Public Policy and Health and a physician at the University of Rochester, United States
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Alan Dettlaff
eDean of the Graduate College of Social Work and the inaugural Maconda Brown O’Connor Endowed Dean’s Chair at the University of Houston, United States
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vol. 9 no. 5 214-231
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2023.9.5.09

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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
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2377-8253
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2377-8261
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  • Published online August 3, 2023.

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© 2023 Russell Sage Foundation. Edwards, Frank, Kelley Fong, Victoria Copeland, Mical Raz, and Alan Dettlaff. 2023. “Administrative Burdens in Child Welfare Systems.” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 9(5): 214–31. DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2023.9.5.09. Direct correspondence to: Frank Edwards, at frank.edwards@rutgers.edu, 123 Washington St Newark, NJ 07102, United States. 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,
  2. Kelley Fongb,
  3. Victoria Copelandc,
  4. Mical Razd and
  5. Alan Dettlaffe
  1. aAssistant professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University–Newark, United States
  2. bAssistant professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine, United States
  3. cSenior policy analyst and holds a PhD in social welfare from the University of California–Los Angeles, United States
  4. dCharles E. and Dale L. Phelps Professor in Public Policy and Health and a physician at the University of Rochester, United States
  5. eDean of the Graduate College of Social Work and the inaugural Maconda Brown O’Connor Endowed Dean’s Chair at the University of Houston, United States
  1. Correspondence authors:
    Frank Edwards, (frank.edwards{at}rutgers.edu)
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    • Abstract
    • ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS, SURVEILLANCE, AND PUNISHMENT
    • BURDENS IN COERCIVE WELFARE INSTITUTIONS
    • THE TRAJECTORY OF A CHILD PROTECTION CASE
    • THE RACIAL AND CLASS COMPOSITION OF CHILD PROTECTION CASELOADS
    • DATA AND METHODS
    • FINDINGS
    • LEARNING COSTS
    • COMPLIANCE COSTS
    • PSYCHOLOGICAL COSTS
    • DISCUSSION: INVOLUNTARY SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
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