Table 2.
Descriptive Statistics for Estimates of a Generic Youth’s Likelihood of General and Violent Recidivism
| Youth’s risk level | Overall | Judges/magistrates | Probation staff/other | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | t | p | |
| General recidivism (%) | ||||||||
| Low | 18.07 | 12.07 | 16.13 | 9.80 | 18.44 | 12.51 | −1.44 | .075 |
| Moderate | 37.30 | 13.74 | 33.26 | 12.26 | 37.98 | 13.96 | −2.63 | .004 |
| High | 60.52 | 18.87 | 56.45 | 18.51 | 61.14 | 18.98 | −1.89 | .030 |
| Very high | 73.13 | 19.92 | 69.54 | 21.65 | 73.80 | 19.64 | −1.61 | .054 |
| Violent recidivism (%) | ||||||||
| Low | 11.16 | 11.11 | 8.06 | 7.35 | 11.73 | 11.68 | −2.44 | .008 |
| Moderate | 24.53 | 15.05 | 18.75 | 12.30 | 25.66 | 15.39 | −3.50 | < .001 |
| High | 43.29 | 20.20 | 37.83 | 19.64 | 44.15 | 20.34 | −2.38 | .009 |
| Very high | 56.54 | 23.50 | 49.88 | 25.52 | 57.60 | 23.04 | −2.48 | .007 |
Note. Significant p values (i.e., > .05) are given in boldface.