Examining the potential for racial disparity in out-of-home placement decisions: A quantitative matched-pair study
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.02.011
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Child welfare; Race; Disproportionality; Disparity; Out-of-home care; Community-based participatory research; Decision making;All these keywords.
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