Child welfare, investigations

2   Cases investigated at the child welfare service, by the report's contents and who reported the case. 2000
The case is reported by1 Investigation
cases started2
The report's contents
Inadequate
care/abuse
The conditions
at the home
The child's
behavioural
problems
     Other Unknown
Total 17 545 3 305 9 152 3 557 3 906 107
The child 417 79 248 59 103 2
Mother/father 4 455 360 2 471 977 1 186 12
Other family 710 209 392 62 160 -
Neighbours 589 249 338 52 62 1
Social service 917 184 573 93 221 3
Child welfare service 1 866 483 1 131 213 355 7
Emergency child protection center 1 315 293 614 332 221 2
Kindergarten 409 103 240 79 85 1
Child health center 909 143 614 110 178 1
Physician/hospital 725 171 410 108 163 1
School 1 903 302 824 791 332 8
Educational/psychological service 438 48 212 176 91 -
Police 1 330 242 460 447 298 9
Psychiatric institution 679 108 377 162 155 1
Others 1 812 546 909 200 426 6
Unknown 286 25 94 39 109 55
1  The case may be reported by several parts. Hence, the sum total of who reported the case is larger than reports total.
2  The children are counted once for each municipality where investigation has started.

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