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Table 2-5     Report Dispositions by Source, 2005
Child Maltreatment 2005

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 60,633 13.1 7,108 12.5 692 11.2 15,430 14.4 203,754 18.1 40 4.1 2,865 9.0 11,225 20.7 92 10.7 301,839
Legal, Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Personnel 125,855 27.3 16,811 29.5 1,000 16.2 11,065 10.3 124,016 11.0 45 4.6 4,219 13.3 7,526 13.9 121 14.1 290,658
Social Services Personnel 57,708 12.5 7,018 12.3 860 13.9 7,473 7.0 104,852 9.3 47 4.8 3,758 11.8 3,983 7.4 91 10.6 185,790
Medical Personnel 51,013 11.1 3,756 6.6 524 8.5 5,989 5.6 82,030 7.3 19 1.9 1,910 6.0 5,099 9.4 23 2.7 150,363
Mental Health Personnel 16,098 3.5 2,080 3.6 49 0.8 3,351 3.1 52,817 4.7 15 1.5 1,100 3.5 2,518 4.6 27 3.2 78,055
Child Daycare Providers 2,984 0.6 421 0.7 36 0.6 704 0.7 11,179 1.0 2 0.2 217 0.7 720 1.3 9 1.1 16,272
Foster Care Providers 2,161 0.5 159 0.3 8 0.1 691 0.6 7,126 0.6 4 0.4 115 0.4 136 0.3 6 0.7 10,406
Total Professionals 316,452 68.6 37,353 65.5 3,169 51.2 44,703 41.8 585,774 52.0 172 17.4 14,184 44.7 31,207 57.6 369 43.1 1,033,383
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NONPROFESSIONALS
Anonymous Reporters 22,628 4.9 3,124 5.5 549 8.9 4,683 4.4 121,125 10.7 268 27.2 2,698 8.5 4,257 7.9 174 20.3 159,506
Other Reporters 33,257 7.2 3,942 6.9 247 4.0 6,993 6.5 97,668 8.7 80 8.1 3,207 10.1 3,816 7.0 68 7.9 149,278
Other Relatives 31,827 6.9 5,138 9.0 722 11.7 4,393 4.1 96,090 8.5 115 11.7 3,808 12.0 5,388 9.9 73 8.5 147,554
Parents 20,097 4.4 3,629 6.4 381 6.2 4,996 4.7 77,818 6.9 221 22.4 2,297 7.2 4,918 9.1 73 8.5 114,430
Friends or Neighbors 16,279 3.5 2,840 5.0 704 11.4 4,432 4.1 67,779 6.0 110 11.2 3,353 10.6 3,531 6.5 77 9.0 99,105
Unknown Reporters 17,976 3.9 45 0.1 366 5.9 36,302 33.9 72,390 6.4 6 0.6 1,964 6.2 766 1.4 1 0.1 129,816
Alleged Victims 2,107 0.5 614 1.1 52 0.8 558 0.5 7,253 0.6 7 0.7 206 0.6 277 0.5 19 2.2 11,093
Alleged Perpetrators 684 0.1 312 0.5 blank Cell blank Cell 13 0.0 1,031 0.1 7 0.7 27 0.1 19 0.0 3 0.4 2,096
Total Nonprofessionals 144,855 31.4 19,644 34.5 3,021 48.8 62,370 58.2 541,154 48.0 814 82.6 17,560 55.3 22,972 42.4 488 56.9 812,878
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Total 461,307 blank Cell 56,997 blank Cell 6,190 blank Cell 107,073 blank Cell 1,126,928 blank Cell 986 blank Cell 31,744 blank Cell 54,179 blank Cell 857 blank Cell 1,846,261
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 47 47 5 5 2 2 10 10 47 47 6 6 22 22 46 46 31 31 blank Cell

 

Report Dispositions by Source, 2005

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, 27.3% of substantiated reported were referred by legal, law enforcement, or justice personnel.

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