Poverty, social disadvantage, and the black/white placement gap

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-74

  Wulczyn, Fred ^a   Gibbons, Robert ^b   Snowden, Lonnie ^c   Lery, Bridgette ^a  

^a Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foster care; Placement disparity; Poverty; Social disadvantage; Social ecological models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870171626     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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