Computer learning and risk assessment in child protection

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 165-177

  Little, James ^a   Rixon, Andrew ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Staff Devmt and Training Section   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Child protection; Induction; Machine learning; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955211830     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0852(199805/06)7:3<165::AID-CAR347>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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