The California Child Abuse Central Index (CACI) reports suspected abuse and severe neglect collected from police reports and child welfare investigations. State law requires the results of inquiries be reported to the state if reports are substantiated or “inconclusive,” as well as those determined to be “unfounded” reports.
The state then includes the substantiated and “inconclusive” reports on the list of suspected child abusers, according to Judge Jay Bybee, writing for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Humphries v. County of Los Angeles, No. 05-56467.
