Def_Punishment
Definition of child maltreatment includes excessive corporal punishment, cruel punishment, or severe/excessive discipline
Def_PhysicalAbuse
Definition of child maltreatment includes physical abuse, including all types of physical injuries, harm, poisoning, near death, and death
Version
Version of data, which can be updated over time to reflect corrections
Year
State definitions and policies for calendar year
DocumentsConfirmed
State confirmed documents used as sources for coding information for SCAN Policies Database
Verified
State participated in verification of coding information for SCAN Policies Database
RegionCode
Census regional code for all states except Puerto Rico, which is given a unique identifier of 999
StateFIPS
State Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code
State
State abbreviation
2023 Errata statement (Excel, 126 KB)
The errata statement presents corrections applied to previous rounds of data for the SCAN Policies Database. The errata statement provides details about the corrections, including the year and version of the data requiring a correction, the affected variable name and state, the corrected value for each variable, plus the year and version of the data the in which the correction was applied.
Last Updated: March 2026