What can you do to monitor suspected child abuse as legally as possible

[BubbleButt]

I've been overhearing a coworker having suspicions that their significant other is abusing their child. Was wondering how to see if there's a good resource to find a person's criminal record or a discrete way of recording evidence that's "above board".

 

[Meat Target]

Call CPS.

 

[WeWuzFinns]

Just make it up. Chances are that courts will believe it anyway.

Plan B is to wait a few years and if the kids turn out gay they were abused.

 

[Joe Swanson]

Bug the house, it's literally as simple as that

 

[Blue Screen of Death]

You could just buy some of those nanny cams and set them up in your home. Seems like the most straightforward solution to needing to know about something when you're not present.

 

[Spl00gies]

Depends on what country you're in. It shouldn't be hard to perform a background check.

 

[Chongqing]

This is the consequence of a society obsessed with consuming "true crime."

 

[Dona Morte]

Any tipper, aside from ones DIRECTLY involved with the child/ mandated reporter may call anonymously.
They ask you that when you call in.
When you call you have to have as much information as possible.
1. Age of the child.
2. Full legal name of the parents.
3. What they said.
4. Did you see the child yourself?
5. When did they say it- sit down and take notes to recall details- you do not want to uh um when you are on the phone with them.
6. Evidence? Maybe there is way you can oversee it in the school they go to? Possibly ask to sit for the kid to see what their reaction might be?

Lastly- good luck and I hope you are not trolling as shit like that muddies the waters.
DO NOT call unless you have repeated evidence that you can see, touch, smell, taste or hear. You conjectures are not evidence.

 

[seri0us]

Call CPS.

that is a switch you might not want to throw especially over rumors

 

[Useful_Mistake]

Was wondering how to see if there's a good resource to find a person's criminal record or a discrete way of recording evidence that's "above board".

If you are in US, this is a good (free) website to find if a person is a convicted sex offender. For non-sex crimes you will have to find state-specific databases. Some places like NY don't make it public and you will either have to try to dig through publically available prison records, of pay a company that does background checks.