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Understanding and addressing racial/ethnic disproportionality in the front-end of the child welfare system
Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work (2008)
  • A D'Andrade, University of California, Berkeley
  • Kathy Lemon Osterling, San Jose State University
  • M J Austin
Abstract
Racial/ethnic disproportionality in the child welfare system is a complicated social problem that is receiving increasing amounts of attention from researchers and practitioners. This review of the literature examines disproportionality in the front-end of the child welfare system and interventions that may address it. While none of the interventions had evidence suggesting that they reduced disproportionality in child welfare front-end processes, some of the interventions may improve child welfare case processes related to disproportionality and outcomes for families of color.
Keywords
  • race,
  • ethnic,
  • disproportionality,
  • child welfare system
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Publication Date
2008
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Citation Information
A D'Andrade, Kathy Lemon Osterling and M J Austin. "Understanding and addressing racial/ethnic disproportionality in the front-end of the child welfare system" Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work Vol. 5 Iss. (1/2) (2008)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kathy_lemonosterling/2/