Child Abuse and Neglect: a socio-legal Study of Mandatory Reporting in Australia

3.12 Number of reports of sexual abuse, and distinct children in reports, by outcome, by year

3.13 Number of reports for 2003, by abuse type, by number of distinct children

	Emotional abuse		Neglect		Physical abuse		Sexual abuse
	Reports	Children	Reports	Children	Reports	Children	Reports	Children
Doctors	10	10	15	15	19	18	14	14
Nurses	90	81	71	62	46	44	41	38
Police	314	300	141	131	69	64	69	66
School personnel	170	150	134	114	188	178	83	81
Child care workers	12	12	12	12	4	4	9	9
Social workers	28	28	11	11	2	2	6	6
Combined major mandated reporter groups	624	554	384	323	328	296	222	200
Other reporter groups combined	848	708	587	477	296	265	174	162
Totals:	1,472	1,123	971	728	624	525	396	334

3.14 Number of reports for 2003, by outcome of report, by number of distinct children

	Not investigated		Investigated		Substantiated		Not substantiated		Totals
	Reports	Children	Reports	Children	Reports	Children	Reports	Children	Reports	Children
Doctors	25	23	33	33	10	10	23	23	58	55
Nurses	105	93	143	139	39	37	104	99	248	217
Police	310	305	283	261	151	141	132	127	593	548
School personnel	292	270	283	250	96	83	187	171	575	488
Child care workers	16	16	21	21	4	4	17	17	37	37
Social workers	28	28	19	18	9	8	10	10	47	46
Combined major mandated reporter groups	776	695	782	662	309	273	473	421	1,558	1,258
Other reporter groups combined	1,002	819	903	719	321	273	582	502	1,905	1,372
Totals:	1,778	1,392	1,685	1,240	630	502	1,055	855	3,463	2,251

3.15 Number of reports for 2004, by abuse type, by number of distinct children

	Emotional abuse		Neglect		Physical abuse		Sexual abuse

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