3)Stage 2:
Data & Analysis Stage 2: Data and Analyses Introduction, definitions, and notes
In Stage 2, we present data and analysis regarding the reporting over time, and each year, of different types of child abuse and neglect, by each major reporter group. We also conduct some analyses by combining the reporting practice of mandated reporter groups (both before and after commencement of the reporting laws).
Extensive analyses were conducted, generating a broad range of tabular presentations of various aspects of reporting and report outcomes. The table on p 74 entitled Key data findings and interpretations presents a condensed summary of key overall trends and our interpretations of these trends. The Executive Summary provides a further refined summary of key trends.
As explained in the description of the research project and its approach (Appendix 1), these data relate only to reports by mandated and non-mandated reporters of suspected child abuse and neglect. Accordingly, the data do not relate to reports of general child welfare (child concern reports), although mandated reporters do make such reports. In addition, the data on reports relate to the primary form of abuse or neglect that is the subject of the report; in any given case, a substantiated report may relate to a different type of abuse or neglect than the primary form of maltreatment reported.
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