Closing the gap: Are changing exit patterns reducing the time African American children spend in foster care relative to caucasian children?

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 25, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 431-462

  Wulczyn, Fred ^a  

^a Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago   (United States)

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EID: 0038708343     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-7409(03)00030-6     Document Type: Article

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