African American children in the child welfare and kinship system: From exclusion to over inclusion

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 427-446

  Smith, Carrie Jefferson ^a   Devore, Wynetta ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Kinship; Permanency planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542493044     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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