Anonymous DYFS reporting should go

Anonymous DYFS reporting should go

Of all the sources of child abuse reports, anonymous reports consistently are the least reliable. They're almost always wrong. A study of every anonymous report received in the Bronx, New York over a two-year period found that only 12.4 percent met the incredibly low criteria for "substantiating" reports - and not one of those cases involved death or serious injury. The researchers found that "one case was indicated for “diaper rash, one case for welfare fraud, and two cases because the apartment was 'dirty.’”