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

3,296	75.2%	1,087	24.8%	412	9.4%	675	15.4%	4,383
12.4%
2008
Doctors	20	0.6%	6	0.2%	6	0.2%	0	0.0%	26	0.7%
Nurses	194	5.6%	64	1.8%	33	0.9%	31	0.9%	258	7.4%
Police	839	24.1%	168	4.8%	108	3.1%	60	1.7%	1,007	28.9%
School personnel	313	9.0%	68	2.0%	27	0.8%	41	1.2%	381	11.0%
Child care workers	15	0.4%	8	0.2%	2	0.1%	6	0.2%	23	0.7%
Social workers	15	0.4%	7	0.2%	4	0.1%	3	0.1%	22	0.6%
Combined major mandated reporter groups	1,396	40.1%	321	9.2%	180	5.2%	141	4.1%	1,717	49.4%
Other reporter groups combined	1,469	42.2%	293	8.4%	161	4.6%	132	3.8%	1,762	50.6%
Totals	2,865	82.4%	614	17.6%	341	9.8%	273	7.8%	3,479	9.9%

	Not investigated		Investigated		Substantiated		Not substantiated		Total
2009
Doctors	10	0.3%	3	0.1%	3	0.1%	0	0.0%	13	0.3%
Nurses	235	5.9%	56	1.4%	32	0.8%	24	0.6%	291	7.3%
Police	1,039	26.2%	157	4.0%	94	2.4%	63	1.6%	1,196	30.1%
School personnel	313	7.9%	42	1.1%	22	0.6%	20	0.5%	355	8.9%
Child care workers	13	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	13	0.3%
Social workers	20	0.5%	3	0.1%	2	0.1%	1	0.0%	23	0.6%
Combined major mandated reporter groups	1,630	41.1%	261	6.6%	153	3.9%	108	2.7%	1,891	47.6%
Other reporter groups combined	1,759	44.3%	319	8.0%	167	4.2%	152	3.8%	2,078	52.4%
Totals	3,389	85.4%	580	14.6%	320	8.1%	260	6.6%	3,969	11.3%
2010
Doctors	28	0.7%	6	0.1%	3	0.1%	3	0.1%	34	0.8%
Nurses	293	7.1%	38	0.9%	23	0.6%	15	0.4%	331	8.1%
Police	980	23.8%	124	3.0%	59	1.4%	65	1.6%	1,104	26.9%
School personnel	430	10.5%	46	1.1%	21	0.5%	25	0.6%	476	11.6%
Child care workers	9	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	9	0.2%
Social workers	11	0.3%	8	0.2%	4	0.1%	4	0.1%	19	0.5%
Combined major mandated reporter groups	1,751	42.6%	222	5.4%	110	2.7%	112	2.7%	1,973	48.0%
Other reporter groups combined	1,880	45.7%	257	6.3%	125	3.0%	132	3.2%	2,137	52.0%
Totals	3,631	88.3%	479	11.7%	235	5.7%	244	5.9%	4,110	11.7%

	Not investigated		Investigated		Substantiated		Not substantiated		Total
2011
Doctors	35	0.8%	7	0.2%	4	0.1%	3	0.1%	42	0.9%
Nurses	334	7.5%	69	1.6%	45	1.0%	24	0.5%	403	9.1%
Police	941	21.2%	137	3.1%	85	1.9%	52	1.2%	1,078	24.3%
School personnel	496	11.2%	55	1.2%	18	0.4%	37	0.8%	551	12.4%
Child care workers	4	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	0.1%
Social workers	38	0.9%	15	0.3%	11	0.2%	4	0.1%	53	1.2%
Combined major mandated reporter groups	1,848	41.6%	283	6.4%	163	3.7%	120	2.7%	2,131	47.9%
Other reporter groups combined	1,986	44.7%	328	7.4%	161	3.6%	167	3.8%	2,314	52.1%
Totals	3,834	86.3%	611	13.7%	324	7.3%	287	6.5%	4,445	12.6%
2012
Doctors	47	1.0%	10	0.2%	4	0.1%	6	0.1%	57	1.2%
Nurses	318	6.9%	59	1.3%	27	0.6%	32	0.7%	377	8.2%
Police	833	18.2%	204	4.4%	110	2.4%	94	2.1%	1,037	22.6%
School personnel	546	11.9%	76	1.7%	30	0.7%	46	1.0%	622	13.6%
Child care workers	30	0.7%	1	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.0%	31	0.7%
Social workers	29	0.6%	5	0.1%	3	0.1%	2	0.0%	34	0.7%
Combined major mandated reporter groups	1,803	39.3%	355	7.7%	174	3.8%	181	3.9%	2,158	47.1%
Other reporter groups combined	2,069	45.1%	358	7.8%	172	3.8%	186	4.1%	2,427	52.9%
Totals