Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Initial Child Welfare Experience

Child Welfare and Child Well-Being: New Perspectives From the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ortega, Robert M ^a   Grogan Kaylor, Andrew ^a   Ruffolo, Mary ^a   Clarke, Jenell ^a   Karb, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare service; Ethnic diversity; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921059090     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195398465.003.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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