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Table 2-4 Investigation Dispositions, 2004
Child Maltreatment 2004

State Substantiated Indicated Alternative
Response
Victim		 Alternative
Response
NonVictim		 Unsubstantiated Intentionally
False		 Closed With
No Finding		 Other Unknown or
Missing		 Total
Investigations
Alabama 6,521       11,239   1,358     19,118
Alaska                    
Arizona 5,072 148     26,642     3,761   35,623
Arkansas 5,463       13,649   866 7 91 20,076
California 57,056       177,653       9 234,718
Colorado 6,659       21,880     1,001   29,540
Connecticut 9,763       22,334         32,097
Delaware 1,133       3,741   402     5,276
District of Columbia 1,381       1,172   2,424     4,977
Florida 33,705 42,869     68,280 285     254 145,393
Georgia 31,655       54,162         85,817
Hawaii 1,906       1,702         3,608
Idaho 1,190       5,312         6,502
Illinois 16,280       48,054 450       64,784
Indiana 13,501       22,197   1   118 35,817
Iowa 9,068       15,298         24,366
Kansas 3,374       12,355         15,729
Kentucky 10,129   1,876 12,771 19,860   1,507 808   46,951
Louisiana 6,464     671 16,080   595 33   23,843
Maine 2,429       2,929         5,358
Maryland                    
Massachusetts 21,878       17,062         38,940
Michigan 16,532       57,801         74,333
Minnesota 5,519     6,396 5,125 23 408     17,471
Mississippi 3,985       11,816         15,801
Missouri 6,731     32,797 13,008   1,670 3 7 54,216
Montana 961 98     5,828   563     7,450
Nebraska 2,896       7,785   281     10,962
Nevada 2,747       10,315         13,062
New Hampshire 694       5,306 23 377     6,400
New Jersey 5,878     29,139 9,110         44,127
New Mexico 3,931       12,074         16,005
New York 45,171       103,073         148,244
North Carolina 15,604   2   38,062         53,668
North Dakota 839     3,065 8       3,912
Ohio 17,571 11,481     39,843   1,270   115 70,280
Oklahoma 7,155     7,670 19,096   2,149     36,070
Oregon 7,307       9,952     6,270   23,529
Pennsylvania 4,647       19,143     72   23,862
Rhode Island 2,027       4,557   123     6,707
South Carolina 5,846       11,340         17,186
South Dakota 755 389     3,124   351   1 4,620
Tennessee 9,572 768     32,291   5,453 189 349 48,622
Texas 32,858       77,119   6,230 23,831   140,038
Utah 8,369     1 11,933 14 815     21,132
Vermont 903       1,757 26 2   2 2,690
Virginia 4,789       3,876 88   19,352   28,105
Washington 4,558     4,171 13,629   662 9,294   32,314
West Virginia 5,505       11,456   1,496   51 18,508
Wisconsin 9,325       25,450     5,430   40,205
Wyoming 453     1,003 562         2,018
Total 477,755 55,753 1,878 94,619 1,129,097 917 29,003 70,051 997 1,860,070
Weighted Percent 25.7 3.0 0.1 5.1 60.7 0.0 1.6 3.8 0.1 100.0
Number Reporting 49 6 2 9 49 8 22 13 10 49


Investigation Dispositions, 2004
This table breaks the total number of investigations into various NCANDS classifications—substantiated, indicated, alternative response victim, alternative response nonvictim, unsubstantiated, intentionally false, closed with no finding, other, and unknown or missing. More than one-quarter of investigations or assessments resulted in a disposition of substantiated (25.7%), indicated (3.0%), or alternative response victim (0.1%) meaning that at least one child involved in the investigation was found to be a victim.


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