Table 3.
Details of the Stranger-Homicide Offences Committed by People With Psychosis
| Stranger-Homicides, n (%) | Family-Homicides, n (%) | Odds Ratio or t Statistic | 95% Confidence Interval of the Odds Ratio, P Value | |
| Total | 42 | 42 | ||
| Homicide at victims home or workplace | 8 (19) | 20 (48) | 0.26 | 0.10–0.67a |
| Multiple victims | 8 (19) | 11 (26) | 0.66 | 0.24–1.86 |
| Knife or firearm use | 23 (55) | 18 (43) | 1.61 | 0.68–3.82 |
| Excessive force used | 12 (29) | 19 (45) | 0.48 | 0.20–1.20 |
| Intoxicated with drugs or alcohol | 7 (17) | 5 (12) | 1.48 | 0.43–5.10 |
| Age of victim (SD) | 36.7 (19.1) | 42.6 (23.9) | T = 1.13 | P = 0.10 |
| Male victim | 27 (64) | 15 (36) | 3.60 | 1.46–8.85a |
| Legal finding of full criminal responsibility | 3 (7) | 2 (5) | 0.65 | 0.10–4.10 |
a
Significant at <0.05.