Overrepresentation of African Americans in the child welfare system: Differential treatment in risk assessment by public child welfare workers
The purpose of this study was to identify salient factors contributing to the overrepresentation of African Americans in the child welfare system. This study seeks to examine whether or not public child welfare workers are biased in their assessments of African Americans, and if years of experience...
Main Authors: | Owens, Rebecca Sheree, Roushion, Courtney Marques |
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Format: | Others |
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CSUSB ScholarWorks
2006
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Online Access: | https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3006 https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4023&context=etd-project |
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