Children Ever in Care: An Examination of Cumulative Disproportionality

Autor/inn/en	Magruder, Joseph; Shaw, Terry V.
Titel	Children Ever in Care: An Examination of Cumulative Disproportionality
Quelle	In: Child Welfare, 87 (2008) 2, S.169-188 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-4021
Schlagwörter	Disproportionate Representation; Child Welfare; Social Services; Ethnic Groups; Differences; African Americans; American Indians; Incidence; Referral; Foster Care; Tables (Data); Longitudinal Studies; Child Abuse; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindeswohl; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Ethnie; Unterscheiden; Afroamerikaner; American Indian; Indianer; Vorkommen; Pflegehilfe; Tabelle; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Kalifornien
Abstract	Most studies of ethnic disproportionality in child welfare examine data in one of two ways: a point in time approach or an entry cohort approach. While each provides insight into disproportionality, neither gives a full picture of the differences among ethnic groups in the experience of the child welfare system over time. This study uses longitudinal administrative child welfare data to examine ethnic disproportionality in involvement with the child welfare system during the first seven years of life at three levels of contact: (1) initial referrals, (2) substantiated referrals, and (3) first entries. Findings suggest the experience of African American families, and probably Native American families, with the child welfare system is much different from other families. (Contains 3 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Child Welfare League of America. P.O. Box 932831, Atlanta, GA 31193-2831. Tel: 800-407-6273; Tel: 770-280-4164; e-mail: order@cwla.org; Web site: http://www.cwla.org/pubs
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10