Disentangling substantiation: The influence of race, income, and risk on the substantiation decision in child welfare

By Alan J. Dettlaff, Stephanie L. Rivaux, D. Baumann, J. Fluke, J. R. Rycraft, Joyce James. 2011

309 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Safety Research

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In Clinical Psychology

1. R. Barth
2. Alexandra Chouldechova

In General Health Professions

1. P. Bywaters

In Safety Research

1. R. Barth
2. Alexandra Chouldechova
3. Edward H. Kennedy
4. Amanda Coston
5. Johanna K. P. Greeson
6. Emilio Ferrara

Citations in the corpus

• Counterfactual risk assessments, evaluation, and fairness (2019, background): “Research suggests child welfare processes may disproportionately involve black families [12].”
• The relationship between poverty, child abuse and neglect: an evidence review. (2016, background): “, 2015), family income (Dettlaff et al., 2011), Medicaid and food stamp support (Carter and Myers (2007), lo parental educational achievement (Gilbert et al.”
• Research to Consider While Effectively Re-Designing Child Welfare Services (2021, background): “Two exceptions to this trend in the literature using older data can be found (Dettlaff et al., 2011; MaguireJack, Font, & Dillard, 2020), although the Dettlaff study only found higher rates of substantiation for Black children once a measure of caseworker risk perception was included.”