Includes bibliographical references.

Factors contributing to the overrepresentation of African American children in the child welfare system : what we know and don't know / Dennette M. Derezotes and John Poertner -- Child welfare and race : models of disproportionality / Richard P. Barth -- Race differences in risk of maltreatment in the general child population / Andrea J. Sedlak and Dana Schultz -- The role of race in child protective services screening decisions / Brian M. Gryzlak, Susan J. Wells, and Michelle A. Johnson -- Racial differences in child protective services investigation of abused and neglected children / Andrea J. Sedlak and Dana Schultz -- Indicated child abuse and neglect reports : is the investigation process racially biased? / Nancy Rolock and Mark F. Testa -- The effect of risk assessments and their relationship to maltreatment recurrence across races / Christopher Baird -- Effects of a research-based risk assessment on racial/ethnic disproportionality in service provision decisions / Will Johnson -- Factors that predict the decision to place a child in substitute care / Gardenia Harris, Gail Tittle, and John Poertner -- The entry of children from the welfare system into foster care : differences by race / Robert M. Goerge and Bong Joo Lee -- The role of race in foster care placements / Robert B. Hill -- The effect of race on reunification from substitute care in Illinois / Robert M. Goerge and Lucy Mackey-Bilaver -- The role of race in parental reunification / Robert B. Hill -- The changing significance of race and kinship for achieving permanence for foster children / Mark F. Testa.

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