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

3,872	84.4%	713	15.6%	346	7.5%	367	8.0%	4,585
13.0%
Combined Totals	26,546	75.4%	8,661	24.6%	4,056	11.5%	4,605	13.1%	35,207

2.3 Number of reports of neglect, by year, reporter group, and outcome

	Not investigated		Investigated		Substantiated		Not substantiated		Totals
2003
Doctors	7	0.7%	8	0.8%	1	0.1%	7	0.7%	15	1.5%
Nurses	18	1.9%	53	5.5%	15	1.5%	38	3.9%	71	7.3%
Police	48	4.9%	93	9.6%	47	4.8%	46	4.7%	141	14.5%
School personnel	63	6.5%	71	7.3%	14	1.4%	57	5.9%	134	13.8%
Child care workers	5	0.5%	7	0.7%	0	0.0%	7	0.7%	12	1.2%
Social workers	7	0.7%	4	0.4%	3	0.3%	1	0.1%	11	1.1%
Combined major mandated reporter groups	148	15.2%	236	24.3%	80	8.2%	156	16.1%	384	39.5%
Other reporter groups combined	302	31.1%	285	29.4%	86	8.9%	199	20.5%	587	60.5%
Totals	450	46.3%	521	53.7%	166	17.1%	355	36.6%	971	4.7%
2004
Doctors	8	0.5%	10	0.6%	1	0.1%	9	0.5%	18	1.1%
Nurses	82	5.0%	128	7.8%	65	3.9%	63	3.8%	210	12.7%
Police	118	7.2%	117	7.1%	44	2.7%	73	4.4%	235	14.3%
School personnel	119	7.2%	62	3.8%	26	1.6%	36	2.2%	181	11.0%
Child care workers	5	0.3%	2	0.1%	2	0.1%	0	0.0%	7	0.4%
Social workers	10	0.6%	3	0.2%	0	0.0%	3	0.2%	13	0.8%
Combined major mandated reporter groups	342	20.7%	322	19.5%	138	8.4%	184	11.2%	664	40.3%
Other reporter groups combined	572	34.7%	413	25.0%	163	9.9%	250	15.2%	985	59.7%
Totals	914	55.4%	735	44.6%	301	18.3%	434	26.3%	1,649	7.9%

	Not investigated		Investigated		Substantiated		Not substantiated		Totals
2005
Doctors	15	0.7%	9	0.4%	4	0.2%	5	0.2%	24	1.2%
Nurses	125	6.2%	111	5.5%	36	1.8%	75	3.7%	236	11.8%
Police	107	5.3%	106	5.3%	54	2.7%	52	2.6%	213	10.6%
School personnel	132	6.6%	110	5.5%	55	2.7%	55	2.7%	242	12.1%
Child care workers	20	1.0%	12	0.6%	7	0.3%	5	0.2%	32	1.6%
Social workers	6	0.3%	6	0.3%	4	0.2%	2	0.1%	12	0.6%
Combined major mandated reporter groups	405	20.2%	354	17.7%	160	8.0%	194	9.7%	759	37.9%
Other reporter groups combined	740	36.9%	504	25.2%	191	9.5%	313	15.6%	1,244	62.1%
Totals	1,145	57.2%	858	42.8%	351	17.5%	507	25.3%	2,003	9.6%
2006
Doctors	18	0.8%	14	0.7%	4	0.2%	10	0.5%	32	1.5%
Nurses	145	6.8%	108	5.1%	37	1.7%	71	3.4%	253	11.9%
Police	136	6.4%	128	6.0%	51	2.4%	77	3.6%	264	12.5%
School personnel	224	10.6%	122	5.8%	33	1.6%	89	4.2%	346	16.3%
Child care workers	5	0.2%	6	0.3%	4	0.2%	2	0.1%	11	0.5%
Social workers	8	0.4%	6	0.3%	1	0.0%	5	0.2%	14	0.7%
Combined major mandated reporter groups	536	25.3%	384	18.1%	130	6.1%	254	12.0%	920	43.4%
Other reporter groups combined	780	36.8%	419	19.8%	136	6.4%	283	13.4%	1,199	56.6%
Totals	1,316	62.1%	803	37.9%	266	12.6%	537	25.3%	2,119	10.2%

	Not investigated		Investigated		Substantiated		Not substantiated		Totals
2007
Doctors	7	0.3%	6	0.3%	3	0.1%	3	0.1%	13	0.6%
Nurses	130	6.2%	48	2.3%	15	0.7%	33	1.6%	178	8.4%
Police	200	9.5%	88	4.2%	54	2.6%	34	1.6%	288	13.7%
School personnel	348	16.5%	86	4.1%	31	1.5%	55	2.6%	434	20.6%
Child care workers	17	0.8%	2	0.1%	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	19	0.9%
Social workers	22	1.0%	3	0.1%	0	0.0%	3	0.1%	25	1.2%
Combined major mandated reporter groups	724	34.3%	233	11.0%	104	4.9%	129	6.1%	957	45.4%
Other reporter groups combined	886	42.0%	266	12.6%	137	6.5%	129	6.1%	1,152	54.6%
Totals