Child Abuse and Neglect Statistics
Annual Report—Fiscal Year 1999

Source of Reports

Table 10
Source of Indicated Reports by Region
Fiscal Year 1999
Reporter Type Northern Central Southern Cook Admin. Cook North Cook Central Cook South Total
Clinic Or Hospital Physcian 68 105 24 28 130 178 144 677
Nurse - LPN 6 16 7 0 2 2 1 34
Nurse - RN 335 358 189 39 191 298 369 1,779
Private Physician 25 19 17 0 15 7 7 90
Hospital Social Worker 291 239 170 76 441 475 605 2,297
Dentist 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Other Medical Personnel 63 53 31 9 28 28 28 240
*Total Medical 788 791 438 152 808 988 1,154 5,119
School Counselor 85 147 44 8 20 29 29 362
Principal 84 192 94 1 42 24 36 473
School Nurse 62 53 67 1 21 18 30 252
School Social Worker 251 124 102 14 117 111 82 801
Teacher 127 174 124 7 44 38 45 559
Assistant Principal 16 17 8 3 17 20 20 101
Truant Officer 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 11
Other School Personnel 62 85 46 4 19 25 23 264
*Total School Personnel 694 794 486 38 280 265 266 2,823
DCFS Investigator 128 190 83 5 42 39 48 535
DCFS Invest. Supervisor 7 21 8 3 4 8 7 58
DCFS Follow-Up Worker 79 154 90 3 39 55 78 498
DCFS Licensing Worker 2 3 5 0 1 0 1 12
DCFS Resource Worker 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3
DCFS Adoption Worker 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 8
DCFS Homemaker 3 3 3 0 0 0 1 10
DCFS Institutional Worker 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 4
Other DCFS Personnel 16 39 16 0 6 7 12 96
*Total DCFS Personnel 238 414 209 11 93 111 148 1,224
Dept Of Corrections Staff 3 3 4 0 1 2 0 13
Dept Of Public Aid Staff 6 10 3 1 2 4 3 29
Institutional Staff 8 11 4 0 8 3 4 38
Mental Health Personnel 79 102 48 1 24 19 24 297
Private Social Worker 254 339 123 5 100 99 134 1,054
Psychologist 42 21 10 1 21 13 6 114
Other Social Services 402 537 208 19 143 155 178 1,642
Human Rights Personnel 6 19 1 0 2 2 5 35
*Total Social Service 800 1,042 401 27 301 297 354 3,222
Court 13 23 4 3 6 6 19 74
Emergency Services Staff 28 5 2 1 7 7 2 52
Parole/Probation Officer 52 38 12 1 9 9 9 130
Police Officer 1,351 1,437 640 70 445 423 595 4,961
State's Attorney 45 69 16 6 7 10 16 169
Juvenile Officer 137 78 19 2 51 39 44 370
Other Law Enforcement Staff 26 28 22 0 8 6 5 95
*Total Law Enforcement 1,652 1,678 715 83 533 500 690 5,851
Coroner 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3
Medical Examiner 3 0 0 0 8 7 14 32
*Total Coroner/ Med. Exam. 3 0 1 0 8 8 15 35
Day Care/Night Care Center 53 56 33 1 10 2 3 158
Day Care/Night Care Home 7 12 9 0 0 1 1 30
Pre-School/Nursery School 8 12 8 2 2 0 2 34
*Total Child Care Centers 68 80 50 3 12 3 6 222
*Total Mandated 4,243 4,799 2,300 314 2,035 2,172 2,633 18,496
Father/Father Substitute 83 121 86 5 25 37 51 408
Friend/Neighbor 133 217 190 12 49 69 62 732
Mother/Mother Substitute 172 270 126 4 52 47 75 746
Relative 209 339 226 38 149 190 264 1,415
Sibling 6 11 7 0 4 7 14 49
Victim 7 16 9 0 5 4 9 50
*Total Relative/Neighbor 610 974 644 59 284 354 475 3,400
Non-Center/Home Child Care 4 4 1 0 1 1 0 11
Babysitter 5 6 4 0 1 2 3 21
Other Child Care Provider 8 7 5 0 0 2 0 22
Landlord 19 31 16 2 9 8 7 92
Anonymous 213 355 241 27 100 93 145 1,174
Other Reporting Source 68 96 48 6 22 15 26 281
Unknown 12 16 7 0 2 3 6 46
* Total Other 329 515 322 35 135 124 187 1,647
*Total Non-Mandated 939 1,489 966 94 419 478 662 5,047
Total All Reporter 5,182 6,288 3,266 408 2,454 2,650 3,295 23,543