Table 3.

Comparison of homicide characteristics when female was offender relative to when male was offender (regardless of sex of victim)

Characteristic	Sex of offender		Crude odds ratio (95% CI)	p-value
	Female	Male
Male victim	56.3	59.9	0.85 (0.31–2.36)	.757
Female victim	43.8	39.7	--	--
Alcohol
Offender drinking	37.5	65.9	0.31 (0.11–0.88)	.028
Victim drinking	56.3	40.1	1.92 (0.69–5.32)	.209
Both drinking	25.0	36.3	0.58 (0.18–1.86)	.363
Neither drinking	31.3	31.1	1.01 (0.34–2.99)	.989
Weapon
Gun	0.0	9.4	--	--
Knife	50.0	46.2	1.16 (0.42–3.19)	.770
Bodily force	18.8	22.9	0.56 (0.21–2.81)	.699
Time
6:00 p.m.–6:00 a.m.	75.0	72.2	0.96 (0.30–3.10)	.951
Weekend	37.6	35.6	1.06 (0.37–3.01)	.991
Winter	31.3	44.9	0.56 (0.19–1.65)	.290
Relationship
Intimate	31.3	7.9	5.24 (1.66–16.50)	.005
Family member	31.4	7.4	5.61 (1.78–17.75)	.003
Acquaintance	18.8	43.9	0.29 (0.08–1.03)	.056
Stranger	18.8	33.3	0.45 (0.13–1.62)	.223
Context
Jealousy	0.0	4.1	--	--
Rape	0.0	7.1	--	--
Acute argument	12.5	31.5	0.31 (0.07–1.39)	.126
Profit	6.3	26.6	0.18 (0.02–1.41)	.103
Location
Home	93.8	54.9	12.33 (1.61–94.68)	.016
Public place	6.2	42.4	0.09 (0.01–0.69)	.021
Hide crime	18.8	30.5	0.53 (0.15–1.90)	.328
Victim precipitated	56.3	20.9	4.86 (1.73–13.64)	.003
Premeditated	31.3	33.6	0.90 (0.30–2.67)	.848