Racial and ethnic disparities: A population-based examination of risk factors for involvement with child protective services. Child Abuse and Neglect. Putnam-Hornstein, E., Needell, B., King, B., Johnson-Motoyama, M
RESOURCE Putnam-Hornstein, E., Needell, B., King, B., Johnson-Motoyama, M. (2013). Racial and ethnic disparities: A population-based examination of risk factors for involvement with child protective services. Child Abuse and Neglect, 37, 33-46. Purpose In the United States, there has been evidence showing a disparity between racialized children and their families’ involvement with Child Protective Services (CPS), when compared to their white counterparts. It was concluded that the overrepresentation of Black children in CPS was the consequence of differential treatment when reporting, substantiating, and removing Black children based on their race rather than risk factors. The purpose of this study was to explore whether individual and family-level risk [...]