Neglect Subtypes, Race, and Poverty: Individual, Family, and Service Characteristics

dc.contributor.authorJonson-Reid, M., Drake, B., & Zhou, P.
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-23T15:49:10Z
dc.date.available2014-06-23T15:49:10Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractRecent child maltreatment research has highlighted the very different context of poverty for Black and White children. Neglect is the most common form of maltreatment and strongly associated with poverty. Neglect is, however, not a unitary construct. We lack an understanding of whether reporting of and responding to different types of neglect may vary by poverty, race, or the intersection of the two. Administrative census, child welfare, welfare, health, and education data were used to examine how family and community poverty factors associate with various subtypes of neglect and subsequent case dispositions for Black and White children. Black children reported to child welfare reside in far poorer communities than Whites, even after taking into account family income (Aid to Families with Dependent Children [AFDC]/Temporary Aid to Needy Families [TANF]). Black children were more commonly reported and substantiated for severe and basic needs neglect. Community poverty indicators had a different relationship to report disposition for Black as compared to White children after controlling for neglect subtypes, child and family characteristics. Implications for practice and policy are discussed. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationJonson-Reid, M., Drake, B., & Zhou, P. (2013). Neglect Subtypes, Race, and Poverty Individual, Family, and Service Characteristics. Child maltreatment, 18(1), 30-41.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3600388/pdf/nihms436962.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/1492
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherChild Maltreatmenten_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectneglecten_US
dc.subjectchild welfareen_US
dc.subjectcommunitiesen_US
dc.subjectethnic minority populationsen_US
dc.subjectpovertyen_US
dc.subjectraceen_US
dc.subjectreportingen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.titleNeglect Subtypes, Race, and Poverty: Individual, Family, and Service Characteristicsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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