Maximizing child abuse prevention resources with place-based predictive analytics
The ethics of predictive analytics in child welfare are hotly debated by those who envision families in crisis facing bias, disproportionality, or even unnecessary removal of children as the result. While there is historical truth in these concerns, there is also incredible potential for ethically responsible predictive tools. A recent example of ethically responsible predictive analytics, designed to improve child welfare call screening decisions, is the Allegheny Family Scr