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Child Maltreatment, Vol. 8, No. 2, 112-121 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/1077559502250817
© 2003 SAGE Publications

Decomposing Black-White Differences in Child Maltreatment

Sheila D. Ards, ,

Benedict College

Samuel L. Myers, Jr.,

University of Minnesota

Chanjin Chung, ,

Oklahoma State University

Allan Malkis, ,

University of Minnesota

Brian Hagerty, ,

University of Michigan

This article examines conflicting visions of the racial composition of the maltreated populations. The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) data shows Blacks are overrepresented among reported and substantiated abuse and neglect cases, while the National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS) shows no apparent overrepresentation of children of color. To understand the conflicting evidence, the authors produce from NIS approximate measures of maltreatment rates in NCANDS. Maltreatment rates is broken down into allegation, report and substantiation components. Without disaggregating the data by welfare status, all or most of the racial gap in official maltreatment is found to arise from racial differences in allegations. Disaggregation changes the results. Among welfare cases, on average, half of the Black-White gap in maltreatment is due to racial differences in substantiation. Among nonwelfare cases, about half of the racial gap in official maltreatment is due to racial differences in allegations.

Key Words: racial disproportionality • aggregation bias • reporting bias • National Incidence Studies • welfare • maltreatment


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