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Table 2-5 Disposition by Report Source, 2006
Child Maltreatment 2006

Blank CellSubstantiatedIndicatedAlternative
Response Victims		 Alternative
Response Nonvictim		 UnsubstantiatedIntentionally
False		 Closed With
No Finding		 OtherUnknownTotal
Report Source Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number
PROFESSIONALS
Educational Personnel 62,674 13.4 7,232 12.6 897 12.2 17,576 15.5 209,017 18.4 48 5.2 3,054 9.7 11,515 21.0 237 10.4 312,250
Legal, Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Personnel 128,744 27.4 17,276 30.1 1,250 17.0 10,987 9.7 126,211 11.1 79 8.6 4,251 13.5 7,651 13.9 583 25.6 297,032
Social Services Personnel 58,131 12.4 6,523 11.4 976 13.3 7,459 6.6 107,853 9.5 38 4.1 3,590 11.4 3,897 7.1 245 10.7 188,712
Medical Personnel 54,500 11.6 3,930 6.9 720 9.8 6,156 5.4 85,657 7.6 26 2.8 2,117 6.7 5,162 9.4 164 7.2 158,432
Mental Health Personnel 15,290 3.3 1,950 3.4 51 0.7 2,953 2.6 53,368 4.7 21 2.3 978 3.1 2,650 4.8 83 3.6 77,344
Child Daycare Providers 2,967 0.6 385 0.7 43 0.6 696 0.6 11,234 1.0 4 0.4 209 0.7 785 1.4 17 0.7 16,340
Foster Care Providers 2,225 0.5 106 0.2 4 0.1 826 0.7 7,251 0.6 3 0.3 107 0.3 124 0.2 26 1.1 10,672
Total Professionals 324,531 69.1 37,402 65.2 3,941 53.5 46,653 41.2 600,591 52.9 219 23.9 14,306 45.5 31,784 57.9 1,355 59.4 1,060,782
NONPROFESSIONALS
Anonymous Reporters 23,337 5.0 3,402 5.9 660 9.0 4,078 3.6 116,950 10.3 240 26.2 2,674 8.5 4,319 7.9 246 10.8 155,906
Other Reporters 33,516 7.1 4,030 7.0 254 3.4 6,942 6.1 99,456 8.8 66 7.2 3,384 10.8 3,947 7.2 183 8.0 151,778
Other Relatives 31,613 6.7 5,190 9.1 946 12.8 4,408 3.9 95,550 8.4 112 12.2 3,733 11.9 5,424 9.9 164 7.2 147,140
Parents 20,048 4.3 3,554 6.2 399 5.4 5,338 4.7 77,823 6.9 168 18.3 2,187 6.9 4,888 8.9 144 6.3 114,549
Friends or Neighbors 16,453 3.5 2,739 4.8 787 10.7 4,742 4.2 68,629 6.0 86 9.4 3,320 10.5 3,325 6.1 148 6.5 100,229
Unknown Reporters 17,176 3.7 10 0.0 338 4.6 40,428 35.7 66,897 5.9 12 1.3 1,658 5.3 870 1.6 1 0.0 127,390
Alleged Victims 1,997 0.4 562 1.0 40 0.5 522 0.5 7,186 0.6 9 1.0 200 0.6 282 0.5 34 1.5 10,832
Alleged Perpetrators 700 0.1 445 0.8 Blank Cell Blank Cell 20 0.0 1,329 0.1 5 0.5 13 0.0 30 0.1 5 0.2 2,547
Total Nonprofessionals 144,840 30.9 19,932 34.8 3,424 46.5 66,478 58.8 533,820 47.1 698 76.1 17,169 54.5 23,085 42.1 925 40.6 810,371
Total 469,371 Blank Cell 57,334 Blank Cell 7,365 Blank Cell 113,131 Blank Cell 1,134,411 Blank Cell 917 Blank Cell 31,475 Blank Cell 54,869 Blank Cell 2,280 Blank Cell 1,871,153
Percent Blank Cell 100.0 Blank Cell 100.0 Blank Cell 100.0 Blank Cell 100.0 Blank Cell 100.0 Blank Cell 100.0 Blank Cell 100.0 Blank Cell 100.0 Blank Cell 100.0 Blank Cell
Number Reporting 48 48 5 5 2 2 12 12 48 48 8 8 23 23 13 13 7 7 Blank Cell

 

Disposition by Report Source, 2006
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, 27.4 percent of substantiated reported were referred by legal, law enforcement, or justice personnel.

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