Child Abuse and Neglect Statistics
Annual Report—Fiscal Year 2000

Table 9
Source of Reports by Region
Reporter Type Northern Central Southern Cook Admin. Cook North Cook Central Cook South Total
Clinic Or Hospital Physcian 216 269 116 44 309 418 449 1,821
Nurse - Lpn 19 45 13 1 4 9 10 101
Nurse - Rn 796 868 386 82 348 450 612 3,542
Private Physician 78 88 47 3 48 44 33 341
Hospital Social Worker 537 416 294 100 625 723 971 3,666
Dentist 4 5 4 0 4 0 1 18
Other Medical Personnel 154 174 117 9 81 90 108 733
*Total Medical 1,804 1,865 977 239 1,419 1,734 2,184 10,222
School Counselor 321 453 171 34 161 149 145 1,434
Principal 375 522 255 21 188 149 198 1,708
School Nurse 340 190 222 13 76 98 95 1,034
School Social Worker 1,038 455 321 36 522 444 532 3,348
Teacher 611 763 317 41 333 245 340 2,650
Assistant Principal 92 57 15 5 102 105 108 484
Truant Officer 27 9 5 1 2 5 4 53
Other School Personnel 272 285 113 13 119 123 123 1,048
*Total School Personnel 3,076 2,734 1,419 164 1,503 1,318 1,545 11,759
DCFS Invesitgator 264 258 156 6 68 83 91 926
DCFS Invest. Supervisor 24 22 21 0 14 9 29 119
DCFS Follow-Up Worker 164 304 219 4 74 81 134 980
DCFS Licensing Worker 18 18 10 0 4 2 4 56
DCFS Resource Worker 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 7
DCFS Adoption Worker 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 8
DCFS Homemaker 7 4 18 0 0 0 1 30
DCFS Institutional Worker 11 2 1 0 13 1 1 29
Other DCFS Personnel 48 76 32 0 11 21 33 221
*Total DCFS Personnel 539 686 460 11 186 199 295 2,376
Dept Of Corrections Staff 11 5 8 0 0 10 1 35
Dept Of Public Aid Staff 24 24 18 3 10 15 11 105
Institutional Staff 13 22 4 0 16 5 8 68
Mental Health Personnel 259 296 129 9 82 77 92 944
Private Social Worker 626 817 315 23 294 313 431 2,819
Psychologist 155 56 39 6 63 35 50 404
Other Social Services 1,045 1,442 607 37 448 426 536 4,541
Human Rights Personnel 43 23 14 1 7 9 13 110
*Total Social Service 2,176 2,685 1,134 79 920 890 1,142 9,026
Court 26 32 9 5 23 35 74 204
Emergency Services Staff 44 17 3 1 17 14 8 104
Parole/Probation Officer 168 129 36 3 21 34 30 421
Police Officer 2,874 2,712 1,212 128 1,042 948 1,436 10,352
State's Attorney 77 88 31 6 44 26 66 338
Juvenile Officer 204 126 50 4 89 65 71 609
Other Law Enforcement Staff 97 83 33 4 32 19 22 290
*Total Law Enforcement 3,490 3,187 1,374 151 1,268 1,141 1,707 12,318
Coroner 1 5 1 0 0 1 2 10
Medical Examiner 6 5 3 0 22 15 43 94
*Total Coroner/Med. Exam. 7 10 4 0 22 16 45 104
Day Care/Night Care Center 171 184 87 5 57 30 40 574
Day Care/Night Care Home 43 46 33 0 6 4 13 145
Pre-School/Nursery School 54 41 28 1 14 12 3 153
*Total Child Care Centers 268 271 148 6 77 46 56 872
*Total Mandated 11,360 11,438 5,516 650 5,395 5,344 6,974 46,677
Father/Father Substitute 566 681 430 29 229 225 322 2,482
Friend/Neighbor 869 1,151 668 48 283 327 579 3,925
Mother/Mother Substitute 692 894 507 28 219 209 381 2,930
Relative 778 1,220 742 97 455 643 925 4,860
Sibling 28 37 21 2 16 20 43 167
Victim 42 46 43 3 37 26 60 257
*Total Relative/Neighbor 2,975 4,029 2,411 207 1,239 1,450 2,310 14,621
Non-Center/Home Child Care 14 17 4 0 6 4 3 48
Babysitter 29 54 33 0 9 8 10 143
Other Child Care Provider 22 24 9 1 9 9 19 93
Landlord 73 83 62 5 35 58 69 385
Anonymous 1,489 2,191 1,195 127 799 892 1,401 8,094
Other Reporting Source 271 389 206 9 109 92 157 1,233
Unknown 52 62 25 6 16 25 24 210
* Total Other 1,950 2,820 1,534 148 983 1,088 1,683 10,206
*Total Non-Mandated 4,925 6,849 3,945 355 2,222 2,538 3,993 24,827
Total All Reporter 16,285 18,287 9,461 1,005 7,617 7,882 10,967 71,504