Table 3-7 Maltreatment Types of Victims by Report Source, 2004
Child Maltreatment 2004
| Report Source | Physical Abuse | Neglect | Medical Neglect | Sexual Abuse | Psychological Maltreatment | Other Abuse | Unknown Maltreatment | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||||||
| Professionals | |||||||||||||||||||
| Educational Personnel | 32,491 | 24.1 | 49,129 | 10.1 | 2,371 | 16.2 | 7,666 | 10.7 | 6,380 | 13.1 | 7,615 | 6.5 | 223 | 10.7 | 105,875 | ||||
| Legal, Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Personnel | 29,432 | 21.8 | 127,288 | 26.2 | 1,001 | 6.8 | 19,043 | 26.5 | 15,479 | 31.8 | 43,998 | 37.4 | 820 | 39.4 | 237,061 | ||||
| Social Services Personnel | 13,727 | 10.2 | 62,789 | 12.9 | 2,305 | 15.8 | 10,437 | 14.5 | 4,506 | 9.3 | 15,918 | 13.5 | 165 | 7.9 | 109,847 | ||||
| Medical Personnel | 14,910 | 11.0 | 40,643 | 8.4 | 4,372 | 29.9 | 6,005 | 8.3 | 1,962 | 4.0 | 6,714 | 5.7 | 217 | 10.4 | 74,823 | ||||
| Mental Health Personnel | 5,156 | 3.8 | 11,142 | 2.3 | 476 | 3.3 | 5,364 | 7.5 | 3,485 | 7.2 | 2,192 | 1.9 | 98 | 4.7 | 27,913 | ||||
| Child Daycare Providers | 1,856 | 1.4 | 2,716 | 0.6 | 106 | 0.7 | 323 | 0.4 | 157 | 0.3 | 376 | 0.3 | 18 | 0.9 | 5,552 | ||||
| Foster Care Providers | 679 | 0.5 | 1,569 | 0.3 | 65 | 0.4 | 771 | 1.1 | 164 | 0.3 | 304 | 0.3 | 29 | 1.4 | 3,581 | ||||
| Total Professionals | 98,251 | 72.7 | 295,276 | 60.8 | 10,696 | 73.1 | 49,609 | 68.9 | 32,133 | 66.1 | 77,117 | 65.5 | 1,570 | 75.5 | 564,652 | ||||
| blank Cell | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nonprofessionals | |||||||||||||||||||
| Anonymous Reporters | 4,130 | 3.1 | 37,140 | 7.6 | 624 | 4.3 | 1,538 | 2.1 | 2,720 | 5.6 | 9,702 | 8.2 | 83 | 4.0 | 55,937 | ||||
| Other Reporters | 7,502 | 5.6 | 41,718 | 8.6 | 823 | 5.6 | 5,092 | 7.1 | 4,787 | 9.8 | 6,855 | 5.8 | 159 | 7.6 | 66,936 | ||||
| Other Relatives | 7,446 | 5.5 | 39,123 | 8.1 | 1,045 | 7.1 | 4,053 | 5.6 | 3,913 | 8.0 | 9,488 | 8.1 | 125 | 6.0 | 65,193 | ||||
| Parents | 5,901 | 4.4 | 17,666 | 3.6 | 567 | 3.9 | 4,813 | 6.7 | 1,682 | 3.5 | 7,510 | 6.4 | 77 | 3.7 | 38,216 | ||||
| Friends or Neighbors | 3,199 | 2.4 | 24,936 | 5.1 | 424 | 2.9 | 1,475 | 2.0 | 1,186 | 2.4 | 5,505 | 4.7 | 56 | 2.7 | 36,781 | ||||
| Unknown Reporters | 7,448 | 5.5 | 27,755 | 5.7 | 395 | 2.7 | 4,569 | 6.3 | 1,838 | 3.8 | 589 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 42,595 | ||||
| Alleged Victims | 1,007 | 0.7 | 1,501 | 0.3 | 39 | 0.3 | 672 | 0.9 | 343 | 0.7 | 432 | 0.4 | 8 | 0.4 | 4,002 | ||||
| Alleged Perpetrators | 184 | 0.1 | 725 | 0.1 | 14 | 0.1 | 150 | 0.2 | 45 | 0.1 | 450 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 1,569 | ||||
| Total Nonprofessionals | 36,817 | 27.3 | 190,564 | 39.2 | 3,931 | 26.9 | 22,362 | 31.1 | 16,514 | 33.9 | 40,531 | 34.5 | 510 | 24.5 | 311,229 | ||||
| blank Cell | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 135,068 | 485,840 | 14,627 | 71,971 | 48,647 | 117,648 | 2,080 | 875,881 | |||||||||||
| Total Percent | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ||||||||||||
| Number Reporting | 44 | 44 | 35 | 44 | 41 | 23 | 8 | ||||||||||||
Data source: Child File.
Maltreatment Types of Victims by Report Source, 2004
This table lists report source, by the two categories of professional and nonprofessional, and displays the number and percentage of victims by disposition. The first column lists report source, then each subsequent column lists the number and percentage of victims by disposition. The dispositions are: physical abuse, neglect, medical neglect, sexual abuse, psychological maltreatment, other, and unknown. More than 40 percent of physical abuse victims were reported to CPS by educational personnel or legal and justice personnel.
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