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Child Maltreatment 2002
Table 2-4     Reponse Time in Hours, 2002

State Average Number
of Hours
Between Report
and Investigation		 Total Number
of Investigations		 Total Hours1
Alabama Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Alaska Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Arizona 51 33,151 1,690,701
Arkansas 72 18,697 1,346,184
California Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Colorado Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Connecticut 12 34,513 414,156
Delaware 162 5,163 836,406
District of Columbia 30 5,049 151,470
Florida 12 142,547 1,710,564
Georgia Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Hawaii 282 3,619 1,020,558
Idaho 61 6,475 394,975
Illinois 15 58,704 880,560
Indiana Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Iowa Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Kansas 61 17,504 1,067,744
Kentucky 31 41,218 1,277,758
Louisiana Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Maine 100 4,474 447,400
Maryland Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Massachusetts Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Michigan Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Minnesota 264 17,770 4,691,280
Mississippi 247 11,670 2,882,490
Missouri 44 53,116 2,337,104
Montana Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Nebraska Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Nevada Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
New Hampshire 73 7,509 548,157
New Jersey Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
New Mexico Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
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 68,236 341,180
Oklahoma 287 39,592 11,362,904
Oregon Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Pennsylvania Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Rhode Island 23 7,211 165,853
South Carolina Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
South Dakota Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Tennessee Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Texas 18 129,956 2,339,208
Utah 135 18,965 2,560,275
Vermont Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Virginia Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Washington Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
West Virginia 6 15,052 90,312
Wisconsin Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Wyoming 36 2,403 86,508
Total 2,027 742,594 38,643,747
Weighted Average2 52 Blank Cell Blank Cell
Number Reporting 23 23 23

1 The total hours are calculated by multiplying the average number of hours between report and investigation by the total number of investigations.back

2 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 23 States that submitted these data.back

This table relays the time it took for an investigation to take place after the filing of a report. The first column lists the 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 23 States reported this information for a weighted average of 52 hours between reports and investigations.

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