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How Big a Problem is Child Abuse in Monroe County? Local Statistics

We, at the Monroe County Child Protective Services (CPS) recognizes that mandated reporters need feedback about how well the system is working. While we are prohibited by State Law from giving details on the outcomes of specific cases, we can share with you some of our program reports of local statistics. Every year, we register and investigate over 5,500 calls to the Hotline. Tables 1 and 2 show the number and types of reports of suspected child abuse and neglect called into the Hotline in Monroe County over the last five years. Table 3 shows how we compare to other counties in New York State. After our investigation of these Hotline reports, about one third of these reports turn out to be indicated (ie. evidence of abuse or neglect is found). See Chart of Outcomes of Calls to Hotline in Monroe County.

TABLE 1.  Reports of Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect from Hotline Calls, Monroe County 1998–2002
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Type
# of
reports
Rate
# of
reports
Rate
# of
reports
Rate
# of
reports
Rate
# of
reports
Rate
Physical
Abuse
22
*
24
*
24
*
23
*
18
*
Neglect
5,097
*
4,827
*
5,397
*
5,427
*
5,526
*
Sexual
Abuse
455
*
383
*
398
*
426
*
423
*
TOTAL
5,574
27.0
5,234
26.0
5,819
28.0
5,876
28.0
5,967
28.0
Rate = number of reports/1000 children in Monroe County
* = Information not available from New York State
Source: Monroe County Child Protective Services, Department of Human and Health Services
TABLE 2.  Types of Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect from Hotline Calls, Monroe County 1998–2002
Type
% of total
reports
Examples
Physical
Abuse
0.5%
142 cases of fatalities, severe fractures, severe lacerations, sub-dural hematomas, internal injuries, severe burns, severe malnutrition/failure to thrive
Sexual
Abuse
7.3%
2,080 cases of sexual contact, sexual intercourse, deviate sexual intercourse, prostitution, incest, using a child in a sexual performance
Neglect
92.2%
26,268 cases of fractures, lacerations, bruises, welts, burns, excessive corporal punishment, allowing or encouraging child’s drug/alcohol use, lack of medical care, malnutrition/failure to thrive, educational neglect, emotional neglect, lack of food/clothing/shelter, lack of supervision, abandonment
TOTAL
28,490
(100%)
 
Source: Monroe County Child Protective Services, Department of Human and Health Services

Table 3.  Reports of Suspected Child Abuse & Neglect from Hotline Calls -  Monroe County compared to other Counties in NYS - 2001 
  Monroe Erie Onondaga Westchester NYS
TYPE OF REPORT # of reports Rate # of reports Rate # of reports Rate # of reports Rate # of reports Rate
Physical abuse 23                  
Neglect 5,427                  
Sexual abuse 426                  
Total 5,876 28 9,020 39 4,678 40 4,463 19 152,671 33

Rate = number of reports/1000 children in each county and NYS. Other counties: Nassau = 5,896 (rate is 18) and Suffolk 9,130 (rate is 24).   Source – New York State Office of Children & Family Services  

Created by Monroe County Department of Human Services.
Reviewed and approved by New York State Office of Children and Family
Services. Copyright 2003.
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