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Child Maltreatment 2000
Table 2-4 Investigation Response Time in Hours, 2000

The word bold before a number indicates an estimate or a total.

State	Average Number of Hours Between Report and Investigation	Total Number of Investigations	Total Hours
Alabama	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Alaska	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Arizona	70	32,321	2,262,470
Arkansas	61	16,822	1,026,142
California	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Colorado	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Connecticut	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Delaware	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
District of Columbia	373	3,555	1,326,015
Florida	14	117,523	1,692,331
Georgia	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Hawaii	132	3,298	435,336
Idaho	73	9,063	661,599
Illinois	13	60,547	787,111
Indiana	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Iowa	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Kansas	66	19,736	1,302,576
Kentucky	50	41,731	2,073,196
Louisiana	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Maine	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Maryland	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Massachusetts	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Michigan	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Minnesota	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Mississippi	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Missouri	49	47,881	2,355,745
Montana	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Nebraska	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Nevada	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
New Hampshire	139	5,736	795,698
New Jersey	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
New Mexico	13	12,485	162,305
New York	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
North Carolina	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
North Dakota	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Ohio	5	73,798	368,990
Oklahoma	354	34,791	12,316,014
Oregon	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Pennsylvania	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Rhode Island	19	7,573	143,887
South Carolina	40	19,084	772,329
South Dakota	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Tennessee	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Texas	27	119,013	3,184,788
Utah	92	15,680	1,443,030
Vermont	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Virginia	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Washington	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
West Virginia	144	16,525	2,379,600
Wisconsin	Blank Cell	Blank Cell	Blank Cell
Wyoming	16	2,666	42,656
Total	bold1,750	bold659,828	bold35,531,818
Number Reporting	bold20	bold20	bold20
Weighted Average	bold54	Blank Cell	Blank Cell

The weighted average number of hours from report to investigation is based on dividing the total number of hours spent between report and investigation by the total number of investigations for the 20 States that submitted this data.

This table relays the time it took for an investigation to take place after the filing of a report. The first column lists the name of each State with the following column listing the average number of hours between report and investigation. The third column lists the total number of investigations and the final column indicates the total number of hours between reports and investigations. Only 20 States reported this information for a total of 35,531,818 hours between reports and investigations.

 

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