The next step: Integrating actuarial risk assessment and clinical judgment into an evidence-based practice framework in CPS case management

Shlonsky, Aron; Wagner, Dennis

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The next step: Integrating actuarial risk assessment and clinical judgment into an evidence-based practice framework in CPS case management

Shlonsky, Aron, Wagner, Dennis·2005·Children and Youth Services Review

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Prior work found decision-aid algorithms increased uncertainty and led to unreliable decisions because caseworkers had to translate clinical and algorithmic assessments.
“Prior work has also explored the utility of algorithms designed to aid decisionmaking and found that they increased uncertainty and led to unreliable decisions since caseworkers were required to translate information from both the clinical and algorithmic assessments [111,113].”
From A Framework of High-Stakes Algorithmic Decision-Making for the Public Sector Developed through a Case Study of Child-Welfare (2021) · cites this paper as [113]
Calls for human-in-the-loop may be moot without understanding how algorithms affect human decision-making and how decision-support type affects human intervention.
“Moreover, the calls for human-in-the-loop might be moot if there is a lack of understanding about how algorithms impact human decision-making and how the type of decision-support (i.e.-algorithm design) impacts the practical possibilities for human intervention [96,111,113].”
From A Framework of High-Stakes Algorithmic Decision-Making for the Public Sector Developed through a Case Study of Child-Welfare (2021) · cites this paper as [113]
Prior research shows workers let decision-aids supplant their own decisions when they lack confidence or experience.
“However, prior research shows that workers allow decision-aids to supplant their own decisions when they lack confidence and/or experience [42,107,113].”
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Authors: Shlonsky, A., & Wagner, D.
Affiliations: Columbia University (US)
Corresponding author: Shlonsky, Aron
ORCID: Shlonsky, Aron
Venue: Children and Youth Services Review
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2005-04
Volume: 27
Issue: 4
Pages: 409-427
ISSN: 0190-7409 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2004.11.007
OpenAlex: W2073800181
Cited by: 254
References: 47
Citations by year: 2026: 7 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 24 · 2014: 17 · 2013: 15 · 2012: 17
FWCI: 14.08
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
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Locations: Children and Youth Services Review (publishedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Child Welfare and Adoption
Social Sciences › Public Administration › Social Work Education and Practice
Social Sciences › Law › Legal and Social Justice Studies
Keywords: child protection services, actuarial risk assessment, clinical judgment, evidence-based practice, structured decision-making, contextual assessment, case planning

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