NCJ Number
180230
Date Published
1997
Length
129 pages
Annotation
These 1997 data from State reports to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System address the nature of reports to child protective services (CPS) agencies, the characteristics of children who are the subjects of these reports, and the response of the State and local agencies.
Abstract
Sections 2 through 7 of this report present the findings on child maltreatment based on 1997 data. Section 2 discusses preventive services; and Section 3 examines the variables associated with the CPS intake and referral process, including the number of reports received, the number of reports screened out, the sources of reports, the number of CPS workers, the average response time to initial investigation, and the dispositions of such investigations. Section 4 describes the characteristics of abused and neglected children, including maltreatment types, age, sex, race, Hispanic ethnicity, and service history. Section 5 describes the provision of services to child victims and other children who were the subjects of reports. Section 6 discusses child fatalities, including information on services previously provided to such children. Section 7 describes perpetrators by relation to the child victims and provides additional information about perpetrators from the Detailed Case Data Component regarding sex and age of perpetrator and type of maltreatment. 7 figures, 10 tables, and appended supplementary data tables