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Racial disproportionality in child welfare /
The number of children of color entering the child welfare system in the United States is disproportionately high. This is especially true among African-American children, who, though they comprise 15% of children in the U.S., account for 37% of the total children placed in foster care. The numbers...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
©2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The number of children of color entering the child welfare system in the United States is disproportionately high. This is especially true among African-American children, who, though they comprise 15% of children in the U.S., account for 37% of the total children placed in foster care. The numbers are also high for Native American and Latino children. Not only are children of color removed from parental custody and placed in care more often than their white counterparts, but they also remain in care longer, receive fewer services, and have less contact with the caseworkers assigned to th. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 332 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231521031 0231521030 9780231150460 0231150466 0231150474 9780231150477 |