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Lavergne, Chantal; Dufour, Sarah; Trocme, Nico; Larrivee, Marie-Claude – Child Welfare, 2008
The aim of this descriptive study was to compare the report profiles of Caucasian, Aboriginal, and other visible minority children whose cases were assessed by child protective services in Canada. The results show that children of Aboriginal ancestry and from visible minority groups are selected for investigation by child protective services 1.77…
Descriptors: Asians, African American Children, Child Abuse, Minority Group Children
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Wright, Darlene R.; Fitzpatrick, Kevin M. – Adolescence (San Diego): an international quarterly devoted to the physiological, psychological, psychiatric, sociological, and educational aspects of the second decade of human life, 2006
This cross-sectional study examined risk and asset factors thought to be associated with fighting among a sample of 1,642 African American children and adolescents in a central Alabama school district. Results show that poor grades, parental abuse, and gang affiliation were significant risk factors associated with higher frequency of fighting.…
Descriptors: African American Children, Adolescents, Risk, Juvenile Gangs