Is the overrepresentation of the poor in child welfare caseloads due to bias or need?

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 422-427

  Jonson Reid, Melissa ^a   Drake, Brett ^a   Kohl, Patricia L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child neglect; Child welfare; Cross sector; Poverty; Reporting bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 59349095736     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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