Skip Navigation
Administration for Children and Families  
ACF
ACF Home   |   Services   |   Working with ACF   |   Policy/Planning   |   About ACF   |   ACF News   |   HHS Home

  Questions?  |  Privacy  |  Site Index  |  Contact Us  |  Download Reader™  |  Print      


Children's Bureau Safety, Permanency, Well-being  Advanced
 Search

Table 2-5     Report Dispositions by Source, 2004
Child Maltreatment 2004

Report Sources 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 55,587 13.1 7,086 12.7 148 7.9 16,333 17.2 182,343 17.6 42 4.5 2,046 7.4 11,723 20.1 69 6.9 275,377
Legal, Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Personnel 113,041 26.6 15,769 28.3 213 11.3 11,341 12.0 110,858 10.7 62 6.7 3,036 10.9 7,506 12.9 104 10.5 261,930
Social Services Personnel 52,854 12.4 6,766 12.1 78 4.2 7,196 7.6 97,863 9.5 37 4.0 2,799 10.1 4,016 6.9 137 13.8 171,746
Medical Personnel 45,111 10.6 3,431 6.2 49 2.6 6,965 7.3 73,784 7.1 22 2.4 1,392 5.0 4,808 8.2 36 3.6 135,598
Mental Health Personnel 14,222 3.3 1,191 3.6 36 1.9 3,335 3.5 45,533 4.4 6 0.6 689 2.5 2,882 4.9 28 2.8 68,722
Child Daycare Providers 2,924 0.7 414 0.7 blank Cell blank Cell 638 0.7 10,711 1.0 6 0.6 142 0.5 756 1.3 13 1.3 15,604
Foster Care Providers 2,101 0.5 117 0.2 5 0.3 492 0.5 6,892 0.7 1 0.1 114 0.4 116 0.2 5 0.5 9,843
Total Professionals 285,840 67.3 35,574 63.8 529 28.2 46,300 48.8 527,984 51.1 176 19.0 10,218 36.8 31,807 54.5 392 39.5 938,820
blank Cell
Nonprofessionals
Anonymous Reporters 21,933 5.2 3,467 6.2 148 7.9 6,030 6.4 124,206 12.0 213 23.0 2,385 8.6 5,078 8.7 45 4.5 163,505
Other Reporters 31,986 7.5 3,641 6.5 320 17.0 8,045 8.5 92,526 9.0 83 8.9 2,647 9.5 4,353 7.5 70 7.0 143,671
Other Relatives 27,466 6.5 5,023 9.0 118 6.3 4,962 5.2 87,429 8.5 111 12.0 2,838 10.2 6,163 10.6 48 4.8 134,158
Parents 16,907 4.0 3,636 6.5 121 6.4 5,509 5.8 69,447 6.7 210 22.6 1,475 5.3 5,440 9.3 52 5.2 102,797
Friends or Neighbors 14,534 3.4 3,014 5.4 244 13.0 4,939 5.2 63,754 6.2 113 12.2 2,170 7.8 4,186 7.2 24 2.4 92,978
Unknown Reporters 23,703 5.6 500 0.9 375 20.0 18,448 19.5 60,266 5.8 11 1.2 5,877 21.2 978 1.7 337 33.9 110,495
Alleged Victims 1,942 0.5 625 1.1 23 1.2 595 0.6 7,036 0.7 9 1.0 115 0.4 328 0.6 21 2.1 10,694
Alleged Perpetrators 547 0.1 274 0.5 blank Cell blank Cell 13 0.0 752 0.1 2 0.2 10 0.0 27 0.0 4 0.4 1,629
Total Nonprofessionals 139,018 32.7 20,180 36.2 1,349 71.8 48,541 51.2 505,416 48.9 752 81.0 17,517 63.2 26,553 45.5 601 60.5 759,927
blank Cell
Total 424,858 blank Cell 55,754 blank Cell 1,878 blank Cell 94,841 blank Cell 1,033,400 blank Cell 928 blank Cell 27,735 blank Cell 58,360 blank Cell 993 blank Cell 1,698,747
Percent blank Cell 100.0 blank Cell 100.0 blank Cell 100.00 blank Cell 100.00 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 44 blank Cell 6 blank Cell 2 blank Cell 9 blank Cell 44 blank Cell 7 blank Cell 21 blank Cell 11 blank Cell 10 44

Data source: Child File.

Report Dispositions by Source, 2004
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, one-quarter (26.6%) of substantiated reported were referred by legal, law enforcement, or justice personnel.

Return to Chapter Two: Text

Return to Chapter Two: Figures and Tables