ABSTRACT
In this chapter, we consider how contemporary neo-liberal family governance policies increasingly are operationalised through turning families into data and applying artificial intelligence that offers the promise of predicting dysfunctional social and criminological behaviour to inform interventions designed to prevent such problems. Social welfare and criminal justice systems become fused. We look at the use of predictive assessment tools in two extended critical case examples: family screening tools that purport to predict child neglect and abuse and are widely used internationally in social welfare and the forecasting risks of recidivism in justice systems.
