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A Conceptual Framework for Using Machine Learning to Support Child Welfare Decisions [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2022
Human services systems make key decisions that impact individuals in the society. The U.S. child welfare system makes such decisions, from screening-in hotline reports of suspected abuse or neglect for child protective investigations, placing children in foster care, to returning children to permanent home settings.
arxiv  

Association of a History of Child Abuse With Impaired Myelination in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex: Convergent Epigenetic, Transcriptional, and Morphological Evidence.

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Psychiatry, 2017
OBJECTIVE Child abuse has devastating and long-lasting consequences, considerably increasing the lifetime risk of negative mental health outcomes such as depression and suicide.
Pierre-Eric Lutz   +26 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Heterogeneity in Algorithm-Assisted Decision-Making: A Case Study in Child Abuse Hotline Screening [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2022
Algorithmic risk assessment tools are now commonplace in public sector domains such as criminal justice and human services. These tools are intended to aid decision makers in systematically using rich and complex data captured in administrative systems.
arxiv  

Unveiling Local Patterns of Child Pornography Consumption in France using Tor [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2023
Child pornography represents a severe form of exploitation and victimization of children, leaving the victims with emotional and physical trauma. In this study, we aim to analyze local patterns of child pornography consumption across 1341 French communes in 20 metropolitan regions of France using fine-grained mobile traffic data of Tor network-related ...
arxiv  

Unemployment and child abuse. [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 1987
The employment state of men living in the homes of children at the time that child abuse was diagnosed was determined. The series included a wide range of abuse, including non-accidental injury, failure to thrive, neglect, and emotional deprivation. Two cohorts of children seen during 1974-9 and 1980-5 were compared; these periods were chosen because a
J Nicholson   +3 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Association of Child Abuse Exposure With Suicidal Ideation, Suicide Plans, and Suicide Attempts in Military Personnel and the General Population in Canada.

open access: yesJAMA psychiatry, 2016
IMPORTANCE Recent evidence indicates a high prevalence of child abuse exposure in modern US veterans, which may explain in part their higher likelihood of suicide relative to civilians.
T. Afifi   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Opinions and attitudes of some parents in Ilorin, north-central Nigeria, towards child abuse and neglect

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Psychiatry, 2010
Background. The few studies on child abuse in Nigeria have focused on the child victims. However, little is known about characteristics of the parents who are the perpetrators of this abuse. Aim.
Folorunsho Tajudeen Nuhu   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preventing child abuse and neglect: A technical package for policy, norm, and programmatic activities

open access: yes, 2016
(2016). Preventing child abuse and neglect: A technical package for policy, norm, and programmatic activities.
Beverly L. Fortson   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evil, child abuse and the caring professions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The aim of this paper is to explore the ways in which the concept of evil has been invoked in relation to child abuse. First, the scene is set by juxtaposing professional discourses which have eschewed the concept of evil and public opinion which is ...
Humphrey, Caroline
core   +1 more source

Facilitators and barriers to screening for child abuse in the emergency department

open access: yesBMC Pediatrics, 2012
Background To identify facilitators of, and barriers to, screening for child abuse in emergency departments (ED) through interviews with ED staff, members of the hospital Board, and related experts.
Louwers Eveline CFM   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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