Decomposing black-white differences in child maltreatment

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dc.contributor.authorArds, S. D., Myers, S. L., Chung, C., Malkis, A., & Hagerty, B.
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-04T18:20:50Z
dc.date.available2014-04-04T18:20:50Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractThis article examines conflicting visions of the racial composition of the maltreated populations. The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) data shows Blacks are overrepresented among reported and substantiated abuse and neglect cases, while the National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS) shows no apparent over-representation of children of color. To understand the conflicting evidence, the authors produce from NIS approximate measures of maltreatment rates in NCANDS. Maltreatment rates is broken down into allegation, report and substantiation components. Without disaggregating the data by welfare status, all or most of the racial gap in official maltreatment is found to arise from racial differences in allegations. Disaggregation changes the results. Among welfare cases, on average, half of the Black-White gap in maltreatment is due to racial differences in substantiation. Among nonwelfare cases, about half of the racial gap in official maltreatment is due to racial differences in allegations.en_US
dc.identifier.citationArds, S. D., Myers, S. L., Chung, C., Malkis, A., & Hagerty, B. (2003). Decomposing black-white differences in child maltreatment. Child Maltreatment, 8(2), 112-121.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID2364516_code1798480.pdf?abstractid=2364516&mirid=1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/1355
dc.publisherChild Maltreatmenten_US
dc.subjectracial disproportionalityen_US
dc.subjectaggregation biasen_US
dc.subjectreporting biasen_US
dc.subjectNational Incidence Studiesen_US
dc.subjectwelfareen_US
dc.subjectmaltreatmenten_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectstatisticsen_US
dc.subjectraceen_US
dc.subjectblack-white gapen_US
dc.titleDecomposing black-white differences in child maltreatmenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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