In the last few years, predictive risk modelling has been suggested for use in the child welfare environment as an efficient means of targeting preventive resources and improving practitioner decision-making. First raised in the green paper on vulnerable children, then translated into the white paper on vulnerable children and the Children’s Action Plan, and now part of the Child, Youth and Family review remit, this particular tool has provoked a barrage of opinions and wide-ranging analyses, concerning ethical implications, feasibility and data issues, possible uses and political consequences (Ministry of Social Development, 2011, 2012)
Risk assessment is crucial in preventing child maltreatment since it can identify high-risk cases in...
Risk means different things in different contexts and there are many ways in which to conceptualise ...
Background and objectives: Risk assessments in child protection and child welfare services are desig...
In an era in which child protective service agencies face increased demands on their time and in an ...
Recent developments in digital technology have facilitated the recording and retrieval of administra...
The current White Paper on Vulnerable Children before the Aotearoa/New Zealand (A/NZ) parliament pro...
The White Paper on Vulnerable Children before the Aotearoa/New Zealand parliament proposes changes t...
A growing body of research links child abuse and neglect to a range of negative short- and long-term...
Decision making is generally an uncertain process and in social practice is oriented towards identif...
Improving outcomes for children is a major concern in developed countries. This article examines the...
Risk assessment in child protection services has been promoted as the most reliable way to ensure th...
Risk assessment in child protection services has been promoted as the most reliable way to ensure th...
The combination of clinical judgement and predictive risk models crucially assist social workers to ...
This paper is a thought piece that considers some of the implications of the model of child protecti...
Evaluating the likelihood of future maltreatment is a critical component of decision making in the c...
Risk assessment is crucial in preventing child maltreatment since it can identify high-risk cases in...
Risk means different things in different contexts and there are many ways in which to conceptualise ...
Background and objectives: Risk assessments in child protection and child welfare services are desig...
In an era in which child protective service agencies face increased demands on their time and in an ...
Recent developments in digital technology have facilitated the recording and retrieval of administra...
The current White Paper on Vulnerable Children before the Aotearoa/New Zealand (A/NZ) parliament pro...
The White Paper on Vulnerable Children before the Aotearoa/New Zealand parliament proposes changes t...
A growing body of research links child abuse and neglect to a range of negative short- and long-term...
Decision making is generally an uncertain process and in social practice is oriented towards identif...
Improving outcomes for children is a major concern in developed countries. This article examines the...
Risk assessment in child protection services has been promoted as the most reliable way to ensure th...
Risk assessment in child protection services has been promoted as the most reliable way to ensure th...
The combination of clinical judgement and predictive risk models crucially assist social workers to ...
This paper is a thought piece that considers some of the implications of the model of child protecti...
Evaluating the likelihood of future maltreatment is a critical component of decision making in the c...
Risk assessment is crucial in preventing child maltreatment since it can identify high-risk cases in...
Risk means different things in different contexts and there are many ways in which to conceptualise ...
Background and objectives: Risk assessments in child protection and child welfare services are desig...