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Child Maltreatment 2002
Distribution of Report Source by Disposition, 2002

Report Source	Substantiated		Indicated		Alternative Response Victim		Alternative Response Nonvictim		Unsubstantiated		Intentionally False		Closed with no Finding		Other		Unknown		Total
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Professionals
Educational Personnel	63,281	13.7	9,001	13.3	81	5.5	13,296	16.2	179,098	17.1	176	4.3	2,922	10.4	5,932	16.4	70	4.8	273,857
Legal, Law Enforcement, Justice Personnel	113,043	24.6	16,411	24.2	109	7.4	9,516	11.6	115,174	11.0	164	4	3,384	12.1	5,749	15.8	147	10	263,697
Social Services Personnel	65,817	14.3	9,313	13.7	50	3.4	6,047	7.4	129,302	12.4	190	4.6	2,412	8.6	3,024	8.3	239	16.2	216,394
Medical Personnel	46,892	10.2	4,541	6.7	32	2.2	6,046	7.4	75,002	7.2	119	2.9	1,655	5.9	3,527	9.7	73	5.0	137,887
Mental Health Personnel	11,074	2.4	2,033	3.0	24	1.6	2,778	3.4	27,311	2.6	40	1.0	698	2.5	1,880	5.2	81	5.5	45,919
Child Day Care Providers	3,767	0.8	687	1.0	blank Cell	blank Cell	452	0.5	11,955	1.1	11	0.3	205	0.7	377	1.0	16	1.1	17,470
Foster Care Providers	2,719	0.6	137	0.2	8	0.5	499	0.6	7,906	0.8	4	0.1	85	0.3	554	1.5	31	2.1	11,943
Total Professionals	306,593	66.6	42,123	62.1	304	20.6	38,634	47.1	545,748	52.2	704	17.2	11,361	40.6	21,043	58.0	657	44.6	967,167
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Nonprofessionals
Anonymous Reporters	25,621	5.6	5,492	8.1	97	6.6	4,630	5.6	124,775	11.9	1,405	34.3	3,213	11.5	1,918	5.3	247	16.8	167,398
Other Reporters	37,075	8.1	2,954	4.4	590	40.2	8,483	10.3	96,420	9.2	176	4.3	3,029	10.8	2,927	8.1	185	12.6	151,839
Other Relatives	32,350	7.0	6,602	9.7	109	7.4	4,315	5.2	93,803	9.0	481	11.7	2,764	9.9	3,139	8.7	52	3.5	143,615
Parents	19,539	4.2	4,967	7.3	121	8.3	4,375	5.3	70,449	6.7	682	16.6	1,667	6.0	3,939	10.9	105	7.1	105,844
Friends or Neighbors	17,289	3.8	4,853	7.1	blank Cell	blank Cell	2,577	3.1	68,029	6.5	595	14.5	1,945	6.9	2,289	6.3	166	11.3	97,743
Unknown Reporters	18,386	4.0	12	0.0	226	15.4	18,656	22.7	36,155	3.5	28	0.7	3,859	13.8	240	0.7	7	0.5	77,569
Alleged Victims	2,442	0.5	751	1.1	19	1.3	511	0.6	8,079	0.8	26	0.6	137	0.5	779	2.1	53	3.6	12,797
Perpetrators	972	0.2	124	0.2	blank Cell	blank Cell	14	0.0	1,435	0.1	2	0.0	11	0.0	2	0.0	blank Cell	blank Cell	2,560
Total Nonprofessionals	153,674	33.4	25,755	37.9	1,162	79.3	43,561	52.8	499,145	47.8	3,395	82.8	16,625	59.4	15,233	42.0	815	55.4	759,365
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Total	460,267	blank Cell	67,878	blank Cell	1,466	blank Cell	82,195	blank Cell	1,044,893	blank Cell	4,099	blank Cell	27,986	blank Cell	36,276	blank Cell	1,472	blank Cell	1,726,532
Percent	blank Cell	100.0	blank Cell	100.0	blank Cell	99.9	blank Cell	99.9	blank Cell	100.0	blank Cell	100.0	blank Cell	100.0	blank Cell	100.0	blank Cell	100.0	blank Cell
Number Reporting	blank Cell	41	blank Cell	7	blank Cell	2	blank Cell	8	blank Cell	41	blank Cell	5	blank Cell	20	blank Cell	40	blank Cell	33	blank Cell

Data Source: Child File.

This table lists the source of reports, broken into the two categories of professional and nonprofessional, and shows the number and percentage of dispositions for each source. According to the table, nearly one-quarter (24.6%) of substantiated reported were referred by legal, law enforcement, or justice personnel.

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