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Crampton, David; Coulton, Claudia J. – Child Welfare, 2008
This article reviews how life table analysis can improve on cross-sectional analysis of disproportionality by comparing African American and Caucasian children's risk of being investigated for child maltreatment or being placed in foster care before their 10th birthday. We then highlight the application of life table results in advocacy. Newspaper…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Child Abuse, Foster Care, African American Children
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Muscat, Joshua E. – American Journal of Public Health, 1988
Black children as a whole had higher rates of homicide deaths than White children, but the difference fades when socioeconomic status is taken into consideration, especially for older children. For children under 5 the leading cause of death was battering; for those over 5 the leading cause was firearms. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Blacks, Child Abuse, Children
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Sabol, William; Coulton, Claudia; Polousky, Engel – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2004
Objective: The purpose of this article is to: (1) illustrate the application of life table methodology to child abuse and neglect report data and (2) demonstrate the use of indicators derived from the life tables for monitoring the risk of child maltreatment within a community. Method: Computerized records of child maltreatment reports from a…
Descriptors: Risk, Probability, Community Study, Child Abuse
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Holsinger, Kristi; Holsinger, Alexander M. – Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 2005
Since the early 1990s, research, largely from a feminist perspective, has been devoted to identifying the "gender-specific needs" of delinquent girls. This article explores racial differences between girls and how these differences may affect the commission of violent behavior and self-injurious behavior. Self-report data were collected…
Descriptors: Violence, Females, Drug Use, Suicide