Police Need Warrants to Search Homes. Child Welfare Agents Almost Never Get One

Re:Police Need Warrants to Search Homes. Child Welfare Agent... by lbwtaylor on Monday October 24, 2022 @06:45PM (#33323641)

Your suggestion seems to be that requiring warrants is going to make the investigations more efficient (as poorly evidenced cases will not result in a search).

I would love to see evidence there, I think that's wishful thinking. Requiring warrants will simply mean fewer searches. I understand those who think that's a fair balance for individual rights. But I don't see it uncovering more abuse. I see it uncovering less, resources being kept equal.

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Re:Police Need Warrants to Search Homes. Child Welfare Agent... by thwayunion on Monday October 24, 2022 @06:59PM (#33323765)

A naive interpretation of the statistical analysis, ironically, in fact suggests that we could do better at investigating this crime by simply sampling iid for CPS checks :-\

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Re:Police Need Warrants to Search Homes. Child Welfare Agent... by jjk166 on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @08:41AM (#33329699)

Well the only way you're ever going to see evidence is if you try. We could always go back to the old system if there isn't improvement. But frankly, if there isn't enough evidence to convince one person who is familiar with child protection that further investigation is warranted, then further investigation isn't warranted. If that eliminates a lot of cases from someone's docket, good - they can reallocate those resources to where they are needed.

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