PA: Computer program aimed at predicting child abuse debated (Includes video) (Includes audio)Associated Press – July 10, 2021When serious neglect and abuse cases happen in Allegheny County, “we review them with a fine-tooth comb with tons and tons of stakeholders, and just so often you see these cases where there’d been a call for abuse and neglect, and we screened it out,” said Erin Dalton, director of the county’s Department of Human Services. Dalton and her predecessor, Marc Cherna, set about changing that six years ago, and working with engineers in New Zealand, they built an algorithm, or predictive analysis tool, to help decision-making for the person who is screening those critical calls.https://apnews.com/article/child-abuse-b9e948bba66efe03b9a06a023f2e00b8