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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