Race and child maltreatment reporting: Are Blacks overrepresented?

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 309-316

  Drake, Brett ^a   Lee, Sang Moo ^a   Jonson Reid, Melissa ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 59349086633     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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