Citation

Drake B, Zuravin SJ. Am. J. Orthopsychiatry 1998; 68(2): 295-304.

Affiliation

George Washington Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, American Orthopsychiatric Association, Publisher Wiley Blackwell)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9589767

Abstract

Data on the degree of class bias in child protective services databases are reviewed, along with recent empirical findings on the class distribution of child maltreatment. The evidence suggests high levels of child abuse and neglect among the poor and, despite debate on the question, there is no body of empirical data suggesting that these findings are a product of bias predisposing toward overestimates of child maltreatment among the poor. Implications for research, practice, and policy are offered.

Language: en