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Message ID: 9997

Date: 2016-05-31

Author:Sacha Mareka Klein

Subject:Re: How to get data on the number of child abuse cases at county/municipality levels in U.S. and Canada.

The US only reports this at the state level via NCANDS. However, I believe that the states report these stats to the federal government disaggregated by county, even though that is not routinely made publicly available. You could contact the U.S. Children's Bureau to request the county level data and see what they say... Sacha Klein, M.S.W., Ph.D. Assistant Professor School of Social Work Michigan State University Baker Hall 655 Auditorium Road, Room 246 East Lansing, MI 48824 kleinsa@msu.edu (517) 432-3736 [office] (734) 985-0548 [cell] *Please consider the environment before printing this email. On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 2:57 AM, Kota Takaoka > wrote: Dear colleagues, Hi, I am Kota Takaoka, a postdoc at the University of British Columbia. I plan to research the relationship between economical factors and the number of child abuse / neglect cases in fishing communities in the U.S. and Canada. Therefore, I need some advice on how to get the following data: - Child abuse/neglect case numbers at the county level or as low as zip code level in the US and child abuse/neglect case numbers at the municipality or postal code (first 3 digits only) level in Canada. Basically I need the resolution to be able to tell me the number of child abuse/neglect cases in a fishing community. I tried to find them in NDACAN but was unsuccessful. Also the Canadian Incidence Study shows no public data. Furthermore, I understand the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act（HIPAA）might protect data related to postal codes. Can anyone comment on this? I don’t intend to try the spatial analysis, but I would just like to compare costal fishing communities and their number of child abuse/neglect cases. I would appreciate if you would give me any suggestions and feedback. Sincerely yours, Kota Takaoka ======================================================================= Kota Takaoka, Ph.D. / Clinical psychologist / Forensic interviewer Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Abroad, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Visiting Researcher, University of British Columbia Visiting Researcher, Aiiku Research Institute E-mail: kotavision1@gmail.com HP: www.kotavision.com Twitter: @chronologic1 ========================================================================

The US only reports this at the state level via NCANDS. However, I believe that the states report these stats to the federal government disaggregated by county, even though that is not routinely made publicly available. You could contact the U.S. Children's Bureau to request the county level data and see what they say... Sacha Klein, M.S.W., Ph.D. Assistant Professor School of Social Work Michigan State University Baker Hall 655 Auditorium Road, Room 246 East Lansing, MI 48824 kleinsamsu.edu (517) 432-3736 [office] (734) 985-0548 [cell] *Please consider the environment before printing this email. On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 2:57 AM, Kota Takaoka > wrote: Dear colleagues, Hi, I am Kota Takaoka, a postdoc at the University of British Columbia. I plan to research the relationship between economical factors and the number of child abuse / neglect cases in fishing communities in the U.S. and Canada. Therefore, I need some advice on how to get the following data: - Child abuse/neglect case numbers at the county level or as low as zip code level in the US and child abuse/neglect case numbers at the municipality or postal code (first 3 digits only) level in Canada. Basically I need the resolution to be able to tell me the number of child abuse/neglect cases in a fishing community. I tried to find them in NDACAN but was unsuccessful. Also the Canadian Incidence Study shows no public data. Furthermore, I understand the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act（HIPAA）might protect data related to postal codes. Can anyone comment on this? I don’t intend to try the spatial analysis, but I would just like to compare costal fishing communities and their number of child abuse/neglect cases. I would appreciate if you would give me any suggestions and feedback. Sincerely yours, Kota Takaoka ======================================================================= Kota Takaoka, Ph.D. / Clinical psychologist / Forensic interviewer Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Abroad, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Visiting Researcher, University of British Columbia Visiting Researcher, Aiiku Research Institute E-mail: kotavision1gmail.com HP: www.kotavision.com Twitter: chronologic1 ========================================================================