Who is the most common perpetrator of substantiated abuse? (b) How often is it the boyfriend?
6. (a) What have been the top 3 types of abuse over the past 5 years statewide and in Cascadia County? (b) Has there been any notable change? 7. Finally, has substance use played a frequent role in the Cascadia cases? In considering responses to these questions, it is important to look at the data critically. The first step is to locate the data that relates to the question and examine it to make sure that it does indeed answer the question. The second step is to determine if there is additional information related to the topic of the question that should be in the report to the Commissioner. Question 1: (a) How many Child Protective Service reports (CPS) has Cascadia had in each of the past 5 years? (b) How many of these reports were substantiated? (c) In 1998 what percent of CPS reports in Cascadia County were substantiated? (d) How does that figure compare with the state? As you get started, it is important to stop and ask what might be the most basic – and most important – question
