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Racial Disproportionality and Disparities Among Latinx Children

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Racial Disproportionality and Disparities in the Child Welfare System

Part of the book series: Child Maltreatment ((MALT,volume 11))

Abstract

Research on Latinx disproportionality and disparities tells a complex and nuanced story of risk, resilience, and differential treatment within the U.S. child welfare system. Studies suggest disproportionality and disparities in child welfare vary not only by geography among the Latinx population when compared with other major racial/ethnic groups, but also between Latinx subgroups based on factors such as birthplace, geographic location, socioeconomic position, country of origin, language, and immigration experiences, among a host of other factors. Research also reveals disparate findings with regard to patterns of disproportionality and disparities by maltreatment subtype. Knowledge of these differences, and the theories that have been advanced to explain them, is critically important for the design of strategies to address disproportionality and disparities and to prevent child maltreatment. In this chapter, we explore the history and diversity of the Latinx population in the U.S. and present available data on disparities and disproportionality in child maltreatment and child welfare system involvement. We examine the major theories that have been advanced to explain disproportionality and disparities among Latinx children, propose strategies to address observed differences, and outline directions for future research.

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    Note: “Latinx” and “Hispanic” are used interchangeably in this chapter though they have different meanings and origins. Blackwell, Boj, and Urrieta (2017, p. 129) use Latinx to “embrace the challenge to gender binaries posed by LGBT, genderqueer, and nonnormative gender activists and intellectuals…and reflects the shifting terrain of identification and the ongoing commitment to building unity through embracing the diversity of Latinidad by not erasing difference and specificity.” Hispanic is defined as “of or relating to the people, speech, or culture of Spain or of Spain and Portugal, or; of, relating to, or being a person of Latin American descent living in the U.S.” (Merriam Webster, 2018).

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