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

Not substantiated
Totals
2007
Doctors	5	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	0.7%
Nurses	86	12.4%	17	2.4%	9	1.3%	8	1.1%	103	14.8%
Police	52	7.5%	4	0.6%	0	0.0%	4	0.6%	56	8.0%
School personnel	168	24.1%	19	2.7%	4	0.6%	15	2.2%	187	26.9%
Child care workers	10	1.4%	6	0.9%	0	0.0%	6	0.9%	16	2.3%
Social workers	8	1.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8	1.1%
Combined major mandated reporter groups	329	47.3%	46	6.6%	13	1.9%	33	4.7%	375	53.9%
Other reporter groups combined	253	36.4%	68	9.8%	15	2.2%	53	7.6%	321	46.1%
Totals	582	83.6%	114	16.4%	28	4.0%	86	12.4%	696	9.2%
2008
Doctors	15	2.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	15	2.2%
Nurses	82	11.8%	10	1.4%	4	0.6%	6	0.9%	92	13.3%
Police	64	9.2%	14	2.0%	9	1.3%	5	0.7%	78	11.3%
School personnel	144	20.8%	20	2.9%	11	1.6%	9	1.3%	164	23.7%
Child care workers	10	1.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	10	1.4%
Social workers	10	1.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	10	1.4%
Combined major mandated reporter groups	325	47.0%	44	6.4%	24	3.5%	20	2.9%	369	53.3%
Other reporter groups combined	269	38.9%	54	7.8%	24	3.5%	30	4.3%	323	46.7%
Totals	594	85.8%	98	14.2%	48	6.9%	50	7.2%	692	9.1%

	Not Investigated		Investigated		Substantiated		Not substantiated		Totals
2009
Doctors	7	1.0%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	9	1.3%
Nurses	80	11.4%	20	2.8%	5	0.7%	15	2.1%	100	14.2%
Police	74	10.5%	21	3.0%	9	1.3%	12	1.7%	95	13.5%
School personnel	171	24.4%	33	4.7%	11	1.6%	22	3.1%	204	29.1%
Child care workers	5	0.7%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	7	1.0%
Social workers	18	2.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	18	2.6%
Combined major mandated reporter groups	355	50.6%	78	11.1%	26	3.7%	52	7.4%	433	61.7%
Other reporter groups combined	226	32.2%	43	6.1%	15	2.1%	28	4.0%	269	38.3%
Totals	581	82.8%	121	17.2%	41	5.8%	80	11.4%	702	9.2%
2010
Doctors	19	2.2%	3	0.3%	3	0.3%	0	0.0%	22	2.6%
Nurses	67	7.8%	17	2.0%	5	0.6%	12	1.4%	84	9.8%
Police	115	13.4%	31	3.6%	14	1.6%	17	2.0%	146	17.0%
School personnel	175	20.4%	34	4.0%	8	0.9%	26	3.0%	209	24.3%
Child care workers	15	1.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	15	1.7%
Social workers	14	1.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	14	1.6%
Combined major mandated reporter groups	405	47.1%	85	9.9%	30	3.5%	55	6.4%	490	57.0%
Other reporter groups combined	290	33.8%	79	9.2%	22	2.6%	57	6.6%	369	43.0%
Totals	695	80.9%	164	19.1%	52	6.1%	112	13.0%	859	11.3%

	Not Investigated		Investigated		Substantiated		Not substantiated		Totals
2011
Doctors	13	1.4%	3	0.3%	0	0.0%	3	0.3%	16	1.7%
Nurses	101	10.6%	15	1.6%	11	1.2%	4	0.4%	116	12.2%
Police	109	11.5%	18	1.9%	14	1.5%	4	0.4%	127	13.4%