Addressing Racial Disproportionality and Disparities in Human Services : Multisystemic Approaches / Rowena Fong, Alan Dettlaff, Joyce James, Carolyne Rodriguez.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dettlaff, Alan, editor.

Fong, Rowena, editor.

James, Joyce, editor.

Rodriguez, Carolyne, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--United States--History.

Minorities.

United States--Race relations--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (429 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The issue of racial disproportionality in the child welfare system, particularly as it impacts African American children and families, has long been a concern to practitioners and policymakers. However, disproportionality is not limited to the African American community. Latino, Native American, Asian American, and Pacific Islander populations experience inequities in treatment. From leading voices on culturally-competent care comes a cutting-edge book that examines disproportionalities across all of these racial and ethnic groups. Eliminating Racial Disproportionality and Disparities examines a wide range of systems that often affect and interact with child welfare. Chapters are devoted to the juvenile justice system, mental health, the courts, education, and healthcare, making it the only book to offer a multi-systemic approach to disparities and disproportionality. Filled with in-depth case studies, key terms, study questions, and resources, and written to reflect CSWE-mandated competencies, this expansive book gives students, educators, policymakers, practitioners, and administrators new knowledge for providing culturally competent services while simultaneously addressing disproportionality across various systems of care.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Foreword / Cross, L.

Preface

Part 1. Introduction

1. Introduction to Racial Disproportionality and Disparities / Fong, Rowena / Dettlaff, Alan / Crocker, Tianca

2. A Cross-Systems Approach to Racial Disproportionality and Disparities / Rodriguez, Carolyne / James, Joyce / Runnels, Ratonia C. / Fong, Rowena

Part 2. Ethnic Minority Populations

3. African American Children and Families / Mcroy, Ruth G. / Runnels, Ratonia C.

4. Latino Children and Families / Dettlaff, Alan / Johnson-Motoyama, Michelle / Mariscal, E. Susana

5. Asian American and Pacific Islander Children and Families / Godinet, Meripa / Fong, Rowena / Urban, Britt

6. American Indian/ Alaska Native Children and Families / Deserly, Kathy / Lidot, Tom

Part 3. Cross Systems

7. Disproportionality and Disparities in the Public Child Welfare System / Lancaster, Lawanna / Fong, Rowena

8. Disproportionality and Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System and the Courts / Mccoy, Henrika / Bowen, Elizabeth

9. Disproportionality and Disparities in the Educational System and Schools / Hayes, Deena / Ward, Angela M.

10. Disproportionality and Disparities in the Mental Health System / Rosen, Daniel C. / Nakash, Ora / Alegría, Margarita

11. Disproportionality and Disparities in the Health-Care System / Wells, Susan J. / Girling, Sarah / Vergara, Andrew

Part 4. Conclusion

12. A Case Study: The Texas Story / Dettlaff, Alan / Fong, Rowena / James, Joyce / Rodriguez, Carolyne

13. Future Directions for Eliminating Racial Disproportionality and Disparities / Fong, Rowena / Dettlaff, Alan

About the contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Pilot project,eBook available to selected US libraries only

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231537070

0231537077

OCLC:

901052874