Figure S-2 Reports by Source, 2003
Child Maltreatment 2003
Reports by Source, 2003
This bar graph indicates the percentages of reports received by source, broken into two main categories—professionals and nonprofessionals. Professionals submitted more than half (56.8%) of the reports. The categories of professionals include educators, legal and law enforcement personnel, social services personnel, medical personnel, mental health personnel, child daycare providers, and foster care providers. The three most common sources of reports in 2003 were from professionals—educational personnel (16.3%), legal or law enforcement personnel (16.0%), and social services personnel (11.6%). Nonprofessional report sources submitted the remaining 43.2 percent of reports. These included parents, other relatives, friends and neighbors, alleged victims, alleged perpetrators, anonymous callers, and "other" sources. Anonymous (9.1%), other relatives (8.1%) and "other" sources (7.7%) accounted for the largest groups of nonprofessional reporters.
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