1. Decision-Making in Child Protective Services: A Comparison of Selected Risk-Assessment Systems.
- Author
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Doueck, Howard J., English, Diana J., Depanfilis, Diane, and Moote, Gerald T.
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DECISION making , *CHILD protection services , *SOCIAL work with children , *CHILD welfare , *CHILD abuse , *FAMILY policy , *CRIMES against children , *PUBLIC welfare - Abstract
The article compares various structured risk-assessment systems used by child protective services for decision-making. Risk assessment is the systematic collection of information for determining the degree to which a child is likely to be abused or neglected at some future point in time. There are various systems including CANTS 17B, Washington Assessment of Risk Matrix (WARM) and the Child at Risk Field System (CARF). The CANTS 17B system comprises 23 factors among five separate categories, WARM has 32 factors among seven separate categories, and the CARF has 14 factors among five separate categories. There is a considerable increase in the use of structured risk-assessment systems by child protective services to assess the potential for mistreatment of children.
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- 1993