Article title: Immigration in the United States and What Social Workers Should Know
Authors: Gina Cota, Khalaliah Hamilton, Karen Haynie, Darrel Montero
Journal: Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Bibliometrics: Volume 22, Issue 7, pages 789–800
DOI: 10.1080/10911359.2012.655596
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
We, the Editor and the Publisher of the Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, are retracting the following article:
Cota, G., Hamilton, K., Haynie, K., & Montero, D. (2012). Immigration in the United States and What Social Workers Should Know. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 22:7, 789–800.
The article is being retracted due to false classification of Karen Haynie as an author, and additionally for using a portion of Karen Haynie's manuscript without consent. Dr. Darrel Montero accepts that this constitutes a breach of the Journal's policy with respect to ethics and authorship described here, viz.,
“The Corresponding Author must ensure all named co-authors consent to publication and to being named as a co-author. All persons who have made significant scientific or literary contributions to the work reported should be named as co-authors.”
Dr. Darrel Montero accepts that the Editors and Publishers of the article received, reviewed, and published the work in good faith, and bear no responsibility for this error.