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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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Watras, Joseph – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2006
On 15 April 2002, the Dayton Board of Education, the Ohio State Department of Education, and the NAACP reached an agreement ending busing for racial balance in the city schools. Participants agreed that the era for litigated desegregation was over because busing had failed to raise academic achievement of African American children and court…
Descriptors: Busing, African American Students, African American Children, Racial Integration
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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