Disproportionality at the "front end" of the child welfare services system: An analysis of rates of referrals, "hits," "misses," and "false alarms"

Journal of Health and Human Services Administration

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 364-405

  Mumpower, Jeryl L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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