Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AI can help maximize resources in strapped systems trying to protect vulnerable people – but it can also risk replicating harm or ...

A recent story of a teenage girl who was locked in a dog crate and abused for over a year has sparked outrage over the lax rules around home schooling that allowed her suffering to go unnoticed for so ...

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Why does child abuse happen? A new public service announcement says most people think it’s a “bad parent problem,” but the ad suggests “the root causes may be different than you think.” This message ...

CHARLOTTE — North Carolina lawmakers are rallying behind new legislation aimed at preventing child abuse cases from slipping through the cracks. The Dominique Moody Act would create a specialized ...

Aislinn Conrad is an associate professor of social work at the University of Iowa. his essay is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Conrad is developing iCare, an ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly being adopted to help prevent abuse and protect vulnerable people – including children in foster care, adults in nursing homes and students in schools. These tools ...