Race/Ethnicity and Rates of Self-Reported Maltreatment Among High-Risk Youth in Public Sectors of Care

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 183-194

  Lau, Anna S ^a,e   McCabe, Kristen M ^b,e,f   Yeh, May ^c,e,f   Garland, Ann F ^d,e,f   Hough, Richard L ^c,d,g   Landsverk, John ^c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Child/Adol Services Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Foster placement; Maltreatment; Public sectors of care; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SELF DISCLOSURE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC SECTOR; RISK-TAKING; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0642341411     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559503254141     Document Type: Article

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