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Offers a much-needed resource for policy analysts and practitioners in law and clinical psychology, as well as for students preparing for careers in related fields. --Choice The Legacy of Racism for Children is timely, essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the causes and consequences of racism and inequitable treatment facing children in our systems of law and policy today. This book will become a 'must read' for scholars, practitioners, and citizens alike. The problem of racism has always been with us in American society; this book reveals how America's legacy of racism continues to impact children today-and provides critical insights about what we must do as individuals and as a society to acknowledge and shift this harmful legacy. -- Mary C. Murphy, PhD, Herman B Wells Endowed Professor, Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Associate Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, Indiana University Through the pioneering research reflected in this volume, editors Stevenson, Bottoms and Burke have provided an important tool in the ongoing struggle for racial justice. It is a much-needed resource for public policy analysts, practitioners, researchers and child advocates alike. -- Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD, President Emerita of Spellman College and author of Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? and Other Conversations about Race As society continues to grapple with the legacies of centuries of racism, none are more troubling than those involving the sexual abuse and other exploitation of children of color, as this book sadly makes all too clear. But the problems will never be solved if they are not first clearly exposed and discussed, and for that, we owe the authors our gratitude. -- Jim DeRogatis, Associate Professor of Instruction, Columbia College Chicago, and author of Soulless: The Case Against R. Kelly This is a timely, well written, and truly outstanding book that effectively demonstrates ways that race and ethnicity are associated with increased risk to developing children. It is a must read by professionals from disciplines of psychology, law, and education, as well as parents. The authors present timely research and examples of biased behavior that have been institutionalized in our society (e.g., in courts and classrooms) and illustrate their effect on child and adolescent development. The authors also offer an approach to addressing racism. This book, with its well written, informative, and well researched chapters, likely will have a very powerful impact on public policy, the legal profession, mental health professionals and school teachers. -- Diane J. Willis, PhD, Professor Emerita of University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

This is a timely, well written, and truly outstanding book that effectively demonstrates ways that race and ethnicity are associated with increased risk to developing children. It is a must read by professionals from disciplines of psychology, law, and education, as well as parents. The authors present timely research and examples of biased behavior that have been institutionalized in our society (e.g., in courts and classrooms) and illustrate their effect on child and adolescent development. The authors also offer an approach to addressing racism. This book, with its well written, informative, and well researched chapters, likely will have a very powerful impact on public policy, the legal profession, mental health professionals and school teachers. * Diane J. Willis, PhD, Professor Emerita of University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center * As society continues to grapple with the legacies of centuries of racism, none are more troubling than those involving the sexual abuse and other exploitation of children of color, as this book sadly makes all too clear. But the problems will never be solved if they are not first clearly exposed and discussed, and for that, we owe the authors our gratitude. * Jim DeRogatis, Associate Professor of Instruction, Columbia College Chicago, and author of Soulless: The Case Against R. Kelly * Through the pioneering research reflected in this volume, editors Stevenson, Bottoms and Burke have provided an important tool in the ongoing struggle for racial justice. It is a much-needed resource for public policy analysts, practitioners, researchers and child advocates alike. * Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD, President Emerita of Spellman College and author of Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? and Other Conversations about Race * The Legacy of Racism for Children is timely, essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the causes and consequences of racism and inequitable treatment facing children in our systems of law and policy today. This book will become a 'must read' for scholars, practitioners, and citizens alike. The problem of racism has always been with us in American society; this book reveals how America's legacy of racism continues to impact children today-and provides critical insights about what we must do as individuals and as a society to acknowledge and shift this harmful legacy. * Mary C. Murphy, PhD, Herman B Wells Endowed Professor, Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Associate Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, Indiana University *

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Margaret C. Stevenson is Associate Professor at the University of Evansville. She has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and an edited volume related to jury decision-making. She has received various grants and awards for teaching, research, and service, including the APA Division 37's Section on Child Maltreatment Early Career Award and the APA Division 37 Early Career Professional Award for Service. Bette L. Bottoms is Professor of Psychology and Dean Emerita of the Honors College at The University of Illinois at Chicago. She is Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and a past president of APA's Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice and Section on Child Maltreatment. Her psychology and law research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and published in over 100 journal articles, book chapters, and edited books. Kelly C. Burke is a doctoral candidate in the Social Psychology Program at The University of Illinois at Chicago. Her research on the influence of prejudice and case evidence (e.g., body-worn camera footage) on juror decision making has been published in peer-reviewed journals and books and funded by the American Psychology-Law Society's Diversity Research Award and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Grant-in-Aid Award.

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