Fourth National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS–4)

columns, the educational neglect percentage is highest, while the sexual abuse percentageis lowest. Educationally neglected children are least likely to receive CPS investigation(93% versus 80% or less of children with other maltreatment) and more sentinels say theywould not report educational neglect to CPS (35% versus 28% or less who would notreport other maltreatment). Among sexually abused children in the NIS–4, 53% do notreceive CPS investigation (which is equivalent to the uninvestigated percentage ofchildren with Harm Standard physical abuse but notably below the 70% or more who arenot investigated in other specific maltreatment categories). Similarly sexual abuse wasthe category where the smallest percentage of sentinels (6%) predicted they would notreport the vignette situations to CPS.Table 8–6. Percentages of Uninvestigated Children with Harm StandardMaltreatment Recognized by Sentinels in NIS–4 and Percentages of SDSSentinels Who Would Not Report the Vignette Situations to CPS.Maltreatment CategoryPercentage ofUninvestigatedChildren Recognizedby Sentinels in NIS–4 *Percentage of SDSSentinels Who WouldNot Report to CPS †ALL MALTREATMENT 74 23ABUSE:All Abuse 57 15Physical Abuse 53 19Sexual Abuse 53 6Emotional Abuse 70 22NEGLECT:All Neglect 85 28Physical Neglect 80 20Emotional Neglect 76 28Educational Neglect 93 35*†Excluding children identified to NIS–4 by CPS-only sources.Average percentage of sentinels across all vignettes representing the category and across all sentinelgroups.8–42