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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Law Hum Behav. 2023 Apr;47(2):320–332. doi: 10.1037/lhb0000528

Table 4.

Moderated Mediation Model: Direct and Indirect Effects of Youth Race Moderating the Mediation of Vignette Risk Category on Sanction Decision Through Estimates of Probability of Recidivism for a Hypothetical Youth

Path b SE 95% CI p
Risk category to sanction decision −5.08 5.12 [–15.17, 5.00] .32
Risk category to recidivism estimate 22.49 4.71 [–23.14, 20.22] < .0001
Recidivism estimate to sanction decision 0.20 0.07 [0.06, 0.33] .006
Youth race to sanction decision −3.11 6.89 [–16.69, 10.47]
Youth race to recidivism estimate 0.44 6.67 [–12.72, 13.59]
Risk Category × Youth Race to sanction decision 2.11 2.94 [–3.67, 7.90] .47
Risk Category × Youth Race to recidivism estimate −2.45 2.84 [–8.04, 3.15] .3896
Youth race
 White −2.97 2.65 [–8.20, 2.26]
 Black −0.86 2.26 [–5.32, 3.60]
Youth race: conditional indirect effect
 White 3.98 1.32 [1.69, 6.92]
 Black 3.50 1.11 [1.54, 5.80]

Note. CI = confidence interval.