New Dataset Available: National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) Child File, 2003

[Andres Arroyo <aa17@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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The Archive is pleased to announce the availability of
NDACAN Dataset #114: "National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) 
Child File, 2003" funded by the Administration on Children, Youth, and 
Families.

Abstract and Documentation/Codebook Link:
http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/NDACAN/Datasets/Abstracts/DatasetAbstract_NCANDS_Child_File.html

Ordering Instructions Link:
http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/NDACAN/Datasets/Order_Forms/NCANDS_Child_File_Order.html

Abstract:
  The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) Child File 
dataset consists of child-specific data of all investigated reports of 
maltreatment to State child protective service agencies. The NCANDS is a 
federally-sponsored national data collection effort created for the purpose 
of tracking the volume and nature of child maltreatment reporting each year 
within the United States. The Child File is the case-level component of the 
NCANDS. There is also an NCANDS State-level component, known as the Agency 
File, but those data are not part of this collection. Child File data are 
collected annually through the voluntary participation of States. 
Participating States submit their data after going through a process in 
which the State's administrative system is mapped to the NCANDS data 
structure. Submitted data consist of all investigations or assessments of 
alleged child maltreatment that received a disposition in the reporting 
year. Records are provided at the level of each child on a report, also 
known as the report-child pair. Data elements include the demographics of 
children and their perpetrators, types of maltreatment, investigation or 
assessment dispositions, risk factors, and services provided as a result of 
the investigation or assessment.


Sincerely,
   Andrés Arroyo
   Administrative Assistant
   National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN)
   Beebe Hall - FLDC
   College of Human Ecology
   Cornell University
   Ithaca NY 14853
Phone: 607-255-7799 * Fax: 607-255-8562
E-mail: NDACAN@cornell.edu
Web site: www.ndacan.cornell.edu

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