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Child Abuse Prediction

12/7/2017

More Than a Year After 11-Year-Old’s Death, L.A. Bets Training Will Improve Contested Risk Analysis Tool

Sara Tiano

The 2016 death of 11-year-old Yonatan Aguilar reignited a years-long debate about the strengths and weaknesses of a tool used by social workers across Los Angeles County to determine the risk a child will be abused.

1/31/2017

‘Perpetrator’ Networks Key to Predicting Child Abuse

Daniel Heimpel

In the race to dominate the child abuse prediction market, the world’s largest data analytics firm has its eye on what it calls “perpetrator” networks. SAS, with a global workforce of 14,000 and $3.16 billion in revenue in 2015, delivered Florida’s Department of Children and Families a lengthy technical report in August of last year.

Youth Services Insider

11/1/2016

Yonatan’s Death Spurs Deep Look at How L.A. Gauges Child Abuse Risk

John Kelly

Last month, in response to news reports about the tortured life and death of a little boy, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors waded into the thorny question of how to predict child abuse.

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More Than a Year After 11-Year-Old’s Death, L.A. Bets Training Will Improve Contested Risk Analysis Tool

‘Perpetrator’ Networks Key to Predicting Child Abuse

Yonatan’s Death Spurs Deep Look at How L.A. Gauges Child Abuse Risk

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