NIS interpretations: Race and the National Incidence Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-20

  Drake, Brett ^a   Jonson Reid, Melissa ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Disproportionality; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952208455     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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