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Racial Disproportionality and Disparities in the Child Welfare System

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Editors:
  1. Alan J. Dettlaff

    1. Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, Houston, USA

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  • Discusses existing research documenting racial disproportionality and disparities in child welfare systems from a holistic lens
  • Focusses on interventions targeting multiple causes and contributing factors
  • Offers future directions in policy, practice and research of racial disproportionality and disparities

Part of the book series: Child Maltreatment (MALT, volume 11)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Understanding and Identifying Racial Disproportionality and Disparities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction to Racial Disproportionality and Disparities in Child Welfare

      • Alan J. Dettlaff
      Pages 3-7

    3. The Evolving Understanding of Racial Disproportionality and Disparities

      • Alan J. Dettlaff
      Pages 9-23

    4. Measurement Issues in Identifying and Describing Racial Disproportionality and Disparity

      • Nancy Rolock, Qiana Cryer-Coupet, Colleen Janczewski
      Pages 25-44

    5. Racial Disproportionality and Disparities Among African American Children in the Child Welfare System

      • Jessica Pryce, Anna Yelick
      Pages 45-68

    6. Racial Disproportionality and Disparities Among Latinx Children

      • Michelle Johnson-Motoyama, Rebecca Phillips, Oliver Beer
      Pages 69-98

    7. Racial Disproportionality and Disparities Among American Indian and Alaska Native Populations

      • Terry L. Cross
      Pages 99-124

    8. Underrepresented Populations in the Child Welfare System: Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Populations

      • Rowena Fong, Georgina Petronella
      Pages 125-138

  3. Explaining Disproportionality and Disparities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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    2. Racial Bias as an Explanatory Factor for Racial Disproportionality and Disparities in Child Welfare

      • Marian S. Harris
      Pages 141-158

    3. Disproportionate Need as a Factor Explaining Racial Disproportionality in the CW System

      • Brett Drake, Melissa Jonson-Reid, Hyunil Kim, Chien-Jen Chiang, Daji Davalishvili
      Pages 159-176

    4. Child Welfare System Issues as Explanatory Factors for Racial Disproportionality and Disparities

      • Michele D. Hanna
      Pages 177-197

    5. How Place Matters in Child Maltreatment Disparities: Geographical Context as an Explanatory Factor for Racial Disproportionality and Disparities

      • Kathryn Maguire-Jack, Jill E. Korbin, Adam Perzynski, Claudia Coulton, Sarah A. Font, James C. Spilsbury
      Pages 199-212

  4. Consequences of Disproportionality and Disparities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213
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    2. Individual Consequences of Racial Disproportionality and Disparities

      • Reiko Boyd
      Pages 215-233

    3. The Community Impact of Racial Disproportionality: The Racial Geography of Child Welfare

      • Dorothy Roberts
      Pages 235-251

  5. Preventing and Reducing Disproportionality and Disparities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-253
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    2. Preventive Intervention: A Key Strategy for Addressing Child Welfare Disparities and Disproportionality for African American Families

      • Brenda Jones Harden, Laura Jimenez Parra, Melissa Duchene-Kelly
      Pages 255-284

    3. Workforce Development Strategies to Address Racial Disproportionality and Disparities in Child Welfare Systems

      • Anita P. Barbee, Becky F. Antle
      Pages 285-308
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About this book

This volume examines existing research documenting racial disproportionality and disparities in child welfare systems, the underlying factors that contribute to these phenomena and the harms that result at both the individual and community levels. It reviews multiple forms of interventions designed to prevent and reduce disproportionality, particularly in states and jurisdictions that have seen meaningful change. With contributions from authorities and leaders in the field, this volume serves as the authoritative volume on the complex issue of child maltreatment and child welfare.  It offers a central source of information for students and practitioners who are seeking understanding on how structural and institutional racism can be addressed in public systems.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, Houston, USA

    Alan J. Dettlaff

About the editor

Alan J. Dettlaff is Dean of the Graduate College of Social Work at the University of Houston and the inaugural Maconda Brown O’Connor Endowed Dean’s Chair. Prior to joining the University of Houston, Dean Dettlaff served on the faculty of the Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He received his bachelor’s degree in social work from TCU, and master’s in social work and PhD from the University of Texas at Arlington. Dean Dettlaff’s research focuses on improving outcomes for children and youth in the child welfare system by examining and addressing issues of structural and institutional racism that contribute to racial inequities in this system..

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