Why are suspected cases of child maltreatment referred by educators so often unsubstantiated?

A review of recent analyses of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS)

“…The multiple disciplines involved in child maltreatment were addressed in an article describing teachers' reporting practices and the response to these by child welfare services. 23 This expands upon our knowledge of the reporting practices of different disciplines, in the same way that a similar article in the previous review described health care professionals' reporting to child welfare agencies. 39 In addition, another article was about variables associated with joint police and child welfare worker investigations.…”

Correlates of joint child protection and police child sexual abuse investigations: results from the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect–2008

“…It is possible that it is easier to gather information from these children and that they may be seen as more credible sources of information. 33 Furthermore, sexual abuse of pre-adolescents may be seen as more serious and that of adolescents may be less likely to be reported.…”

The decision whether to report on children exposed to domestic violence: perceptions and experiences of teachers and school health staff

“…Staff members at pre/schools have a unique ability to observe different signals or symptoms over time Näsman 2013a, 2013b;Münger and Markström, forthcoming). However, international reports from professionals at pre/school are scarcer than reports from other professionals (Gilbert et al 2008;King and Scott 2014).…”

“…Research is mainly focused on prevalence (e.g. Bowen 2015), the impact of EDV on children's behaviours (Holmes, Voith, and Gromoske 2015) and school results (Assad, Friedemann-Sanchez, and Levison 2016), and the psychological and social effects of EDV (Graham-Berman et al 2012;Holt, Buckley, and Whelan 2008).However, relatively few studies consider the effects on children's educational outcomes (King and Scott 2014;Olofsson et al 2011).…”