Racial bias in child protection? A comparison of competing explanations using national data

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 471-478

  Drake, Brett ^a   Jolley, Jennifer M ^a   Lanier, Paul ^a   Fluke, John ^b   Barth, Richard P ^c   Jonson Reid, Melissa ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b American Humane Association   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Children; Policies; Research

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANTICIDE; MALNUTRITION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; VICTIM;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952205461     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1710     Document Type: Article

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