Risk Assessment for Child Protective Services: A Review of the Empirical Literature on Instrument Performance.

作者: Peter Lyons , Howard J Doueck , John S Wodarski

DOI: 10.1093/SWR/20.3.143

关键词: PsychometricsPredictive validityRisk assessmentValiditySocial WelfareRisk managementPsychologyClinical psychologyInter-rater reliabilityConcurrent validity

摘要: The development and use of systematic risk assessment models by child protective services agencies can be seen in part as a response to the dramatic increase in maltreatment …

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