Racialized perceptions and child neglect

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1480-1491

  Ards, Sheila D ^a   Myers, Samuel L ^a   Ray, Patricia ^b   Kim, Hyeon Eui ^c,e   Monroe, Kevin ^a   Arteaga, Irma ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Minnesota State Senate ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias in reporting and substantiating child maltreatment; Child neglect disparities; Racial disproportionality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861884227     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.03.018     Document Type: Article

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