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Poverty or Racism? A Re-Analysis of Briggs et al. 2022

Published:2023-06-05 Issue:2 Volume:34 Page:234-243
ISSN:1049-7315
Container-title:Research on Social Work Practice
language:en
Short-container-title:Research on Social Work Practice

Author:

Drake Brett¹^ORCID,Jones Dylan¹^ORCID,Chen Jun-Hong¹,Font Sarah²^ORCID,Putnam-Hornstein Emily³,Barth Richard P.⁴^ORCID,Jonson-Reid Melissa¹

Affiliation:

1. Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA

2. Department of Sociology and Criminology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

3. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

4. University of Maryland School of Social Work, Baltimore, MD, USA

Abstract

Purpose: This paper presents a re-analysis of the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) data presented by Briggs et al. (2022). Methods: We review five components of that article: The aims, variables, analytic strategy, analysis, and conclusions. Results: We conclude that several of the NCANDS variables used are invalid at the national level, and that this is sufficient to call the research into question. We find concerning issues in analytic strategy and analysis as well, many stemming from a failure to account for the serious underreporting of services in NCANDS, and the wide variability in data quality and consistency across states. We also found what we consider to be issues with their statistical analysis. Discussion: The reanalysis presented in this article shows no pattern of disparate within Child Protective Services (CPS) outcomes by race and, therefore, no support for the Briggs et al. claim of pervasive anti-Black racism within the CPS system.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Psychology,Sociology and Political Science,Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/10497315231179648

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