Re: New datasets available from NDACAN

["Elliott G. Smith" <egs1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Media,

NCANDS does not include information about domestic violence in its state-level files. However, the case-level component of the NCANDS, known as the Child File, does include a domestic violence variable among the caregiver risk factors it collects. When the Archive releases the NCANDS Child File for years 2000 and 2001 later this year, researchers will be able to create the subset you are interested in. 

Thanks for your question,
Elliott 


At 9/3/2004 11:41 AM, you wrote:
>Is there possibility of getting a data subset that tells us how many of
>the total number of maltreatment referrals and and substantiations
>involved domestic violence. 
>
>Thank You
>Media Wright
>
>Please note that my email address has changed to mwright@ncjfcj.org
>
>Media Wright
>Information Specialist
>Special Projects Workgroup
>Family Violence Department
>National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges
>P.O. Box 8970
>Reno, NV 89507
>Office: (775) 784-1559
>Fax: (775) 784-6160
>Family Violence Department
>
>>>> egs1@cornell.edu 9/2/2004 2:26:01 PM >>>
>The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect is pleased to
>announce the release of the NCANDS State-level data for the years
>1990-2002. 
>
>The NCANDS, or National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System, is the
>primary national source of information concerning reports of abused and
>neglected children that are known to State child protective service
>agencies. Each year, the Children's Bureau publishes Child Maltreatment
>using data from the NCANDS. The majority of the tables and figures in
>Child Maltreatment come from the State-level data. 
>
>The State-level data are available in two datasets, one covering the
>years from 1990-1999 and the other covering 2000-2002. Variables include
>State counts for the number of child abuse and neglect reports by report
>source, the number of investigations by report disposition, and the
>number of victims by maltreatment type, age, sex, race, or fatality
>status. The number of children and families receiving services, the size
>of the State's CPS  work force, and other data are also provided. 
>
>Visit the Archive Web site at www.ndacan.cornell.edu for additional
>information about the NCANDS State-level data and to learn how to obtain
>the datasets for use in your own research. 
>
>Thanks,
>Elliott Smith
>
>__________________________
>Elliott G. Smith, Ph.D.
>Associate Director
>National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
>Cornell University
>egs1@cornell.edu | 607.255.8104 | www.ndacan.cornell.edu