Race and Child Welfare Services: Past Research and Future Directions

Child Welfare

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-137

  Courtney, Mark E ^a   Barth, Richard P ^b   Berrick, Jill Duerr ^b   Brooks, Devon ^b   Needell, Barbara ^b   Park, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030090461     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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