“…TPR is unlikely to be filed when adoption is not the permanency goal of the child, and older children are less likely to be adopted than younger children. Boys are significantly more likely to be physically abused than girls (Hershkowitz, Lamb, & Horowitz, 2007;Sobsey, Randall, & Parrila, 1997), putting them at risk for child welfare involvement, our results indicate that boys are significantly less likely than girls to be removed from their home. Inconsistent with other studies, which suggest that African American children were overrepresented in the child welfare system (Anyon, 2011) and TPR cases (SagatunEdwards, Saylor, & Shifflett, 1995) and less likely to be reunified with their parents (Connell et al, 2006;Courtney et al, 1997;Davis, Landsverk, & Newton, 1997;Vogel, 1999;Zinn & Slowriver, 2008), we found that mothers of African American children were no more likely than white children to experience TPR, and Hispanic children were even less likely than African American and white children to be removed from their homes.…”