Racial Disproportionality
The Racial Geography of Child Welfare
In The Racial Geography of Child Welfare, Dorothy Roberts, a Harvard Law School Graduate and the Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law at Northwestern University Law School, argues that the overwhelming number of black children in foster care is a result of racial bias.
Washington State Institute for Public Policy Study re: Racial Disparity in Washington State's Child Welfare System
The 2007 Legislature created the Racial Disproportionality Advisory Committee to study disproportion in Washington’s child welfare system, and directed the Institute to conduct analyses for the Committee. The initial analysis found that Indian, Black, and Hispanic children referred to Child Protective Services (CPS) in the 2004 study year were present in the system at rates greater than White children, and that Asian children were under-represented in the child welfare system. Further analysis determined that most of the disproportionality occurred at point of referral to CPS alleging abuse or neglect. Controlling for poverty, geography, age of the child, and other factors using regression analysis still indicated disproportionality at many points in the child welfare system.
Click here to go to the study on WSIPPs website.
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