Gender Biases in Child Welfare

Christina Risley-Curtiss; Kristin Heffernan

doi:10.1177/0886109903257629

Gender Biases in Child Welfare

Christina Risley-Curtiss, Kristin Heffernan

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Abstract

Gender biases are pervasive in child welfare research and practice. Although these biases have been addressed to some extent in the literature, there continues to be a lack of information on fathers and an overrepresentation of information on mothers, and thus the biases continue. This article explores how these biases are currently manifested in both research and practice and makes recommendations for changes in research, policy, and practice.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	395-410
Number of pages	16
Journal	Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work
Volume	18
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0886109903257629
State	Published - Dec 1 2003

Keywords

Child abuse
Child welfare
Gender bias

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Gender Studies
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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Risley-Curtiss, C., & Heffernan, K. (2003). Gender Biases in Child Welfare. Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work, 18(4), 395-410. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886109903257629

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