Table 3. Results of stepwise logistic regression analyses: long-term comparison of subjects with no registered offenses (n = 46), chronic offenders (n = 68), and non-chronic offenders (n = 42).
Comparison | Correctly classified (%)* | Predictors | Odds Ratio | |
Subjects with no registered offenses versus chronic offenders | 80.2 | – | Sum of social and familial risk factors that were operative up to age 13 | 3.0 |
(73.2–87.2) | ||||
– | Extraversion | 1.6 | ||
– | Emotional lability | 1.5 | ||
– | Sum of unregistered property offenses up to age 13 | 1.0 | ||
Subjects with no registered offenses versus non-chronic offenders | 77.9 | – | Sum of psychosocial risk factors that were operative up to age 13 | 1.9 |
(72.0–83.8) | ||||
– | Spontaneous aggressiveness | 1.4 | ||
– | Extraversion | 1.3 | ||
Non-chronic versus chronic offenders | 73.1 | – | Problems in school | 2.5 |
(67.1–79.1) | – | Depressivity | 1.3 |
* The figures in parentheses are the 95% confidence intervals for the percentages given