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Alternative Responses to Child Maltreatment: Findings from NCANDS

2005, Report, 69 pages, Federal Publication, English
Web link: http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/05/child-maltreat-resp/report.pdf

Description:

This report is the second in a series of three reports, based on the Secondary Analysis On Child Abuse and Neglect Topics of Current Policy Interest. This research examined case-level data reported to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) by six States Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Wyoming that offered both alternative response and traditional investigation. Case characteristics, circumstances of reports, and outcomes were examined for 313,838 children of whom 140,072 received an alternative response during 2002.

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Source:

Child Welfare Information Gateway, ACYF, ACF, HHS
Children's Bureau/ACYF, 1250 Maryland Avenue, SW, Eighth Floor
Washington DC 20024

Phone number(s):

(703) 385-7565
(800) 394-3366

Related topics:

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• CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
• CHILD WELFARE
• STATISTICS/DEMOGRAPHICS

NWHIC record number P-11881