Table 3.
Gender differences in childhood, health, criminal history and index offense
| All | Male | Female | Logistic regression | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | OR | 95% CI | ||
| Index offense | Victim severely wounded or dead | 68 | 33.7 | 59 | 31.7 | 9 | 56.3 | 2.77 | 0.98-7.79 |
| Related victim | 23 | 11.4 | 19 | 10.2 | 4 | 25.0 | 2.93 | 0.86-9.99 | |
| Delusional at the time of the offense | 9 | 4.8 | 6 | 3.5 | 3 | 20.0 | 7.00* | 1.55-31.52 | |
| Alcohol involved in the offense | 63 | 32.5 | 57 | 32.0 | 6 | 37.5 | 1.27 | 0.44-3.68 | |
| Criminal history | Criminal record | 120 | 59.7 | 113 | 60.8 | 7 | 46.7 | 0.57 | 0.20-1.63 |
| Pertinent criminal record | 38 | 18.9 | 37 | 19.9 | 1 | 6.7 | 0.29 | 0.04-2.26 | |
| Childhood | Family alcohol abuse | 33 | 22.3 | 27 | 20.3 | 6 | 40.0 | 2.62 | 0.86-7.99 |
| Sexually abused as a child | 9 | 5.9 | 5 | 3.6 | 4 | 26.7 | 9.67* | 2.27-41.30 | |
| Violence in the nuclear family | 37 | 26.6 | 30 | 24.2 | 7 | 46.7 | 2.74 | 0.92-8.19 | |
| Mental health | Treated in a psychiatric clinic | 48 | 26.2 | 41 | 24.4 | 7 | 46.7 | 2.71 | 0.93-7.93 |
| Prostitution | 9 | 5.0 | 3 | 1.8 | 6 | 37.5 | 32.6* | 7.09-149.94 | |
Note. OR = Odds Ratio. 95% CI = Confidence Interval. * p < 0.05.