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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychiatr Res. 2010 Jul 31;45(3):347–353. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2010.06.016

Table 2.

Prevalence of Specific Violent and Non-Violent Antisocial Behaviors among Reckless Drivers by Severity of Reckless Driving History.

Behavior No Reckless
Driving
(N = 33524)
Episodic - drinking
(N=3149)
Chronic
(N=4212)
Chronic/Severe
(N = 1102)
Chi-Square P-value
% CI % CI % CI % CI
Violent
Force someone to have sex 0.09 0.06,0.14 0.15 0.07,0.31 0.20 0.09,0.41 1.16 0.52,2.56 2.66 .056
Get into lots of fights that you started 1.38 1.22,1.56 7.04 6.06,8.15 6.86 5.94,7.92 13.76 11.49,16.40 41.82 <.001
Rob/mug someone or snatch a purse 0.11 0.08,0.16 0.59 0.37,0.95 0.80 0.52,1.24 2.62 1.85,3.68 13.66 <.001
Get into a fight that came to swapping blows
with Husband/Wife or Boyfriend/Girlfriend
4.45 4.13,4.79 13.42 12.08,14.88 13.46 12.07,14.98 20.02 17.34,23.00 50.57 <.001
Use a weapon in a fight 1.48 1.31,1.68 6.13 5.11,7.34 6.19 5.44,7.05 11.65 9.58,14.08 40.51 <.001
Hit someone so hard that you injure them 2.99 2.73,3.27 14.83 13.34,16.45 15.12 13.77,16.58 27.43 24.42,30.65 60.96 <.001
Harass/threaten/blackmail someone 0.74 0.63,0.87 5.26 4.33,6.38 4.19 3.47,5.05 8.71 6.83,11.04 33.25 <.001
Bully/push people 3.56 3.29,3.85 15.06 13.67,16.56 14.23 13.03,15.53 22.70 19.76,25.94 57.78 <.001
Hurt an animal on purpose 0.85 0.74,0.99 5.24 4.35,6.30 4.59 3.81,5.53 7.62 5.88,9.83 35.58 <.001
Physically hurt others on purpose 2.66 2.43,2.92 14.25 12.85,15.76 10.71 9.64,11.88 21.35 18.40,24.63 51.37 <.001
Non-Violent
Set a fire on purpose 0.48 0.39,0.61 3.90 3.13,4.87 2.50 1.97,3.17 5.05 3.77,6.74 25.67 <.001
Cut class, not go to class, leave without permission 16.53 15.91,17.18 39.01 36.97,41.09 39.17 37.35,41.01 52.10 48.04,56.14 60.10 <.001
Stay out late at night 19.83 19.03,20.66 46.65 44.59,48.71 43.23 41.35,45.13 58.69 55.28,62.03 62.84 <.001
Run away from home overnight 3.61 3.35,3.90 8.46 7.38,9.69 10.61 9.32,12.05 16.08 13.59,18.93 42.63 <.001
Often absent from school 4.46 4.18,4.76 14.98 13.44,16.67 13.77 12.42,15.25 22.85 19.62,26.43 42.82 <.001
Quit a job without knowing where to find another 8.06 7.59,8.55 22.13 20.46,23.89 23.31 21.74,24.95 32.66 29.41,36.09 57.35 <.001
More than once quit a school program without a plan 2.60 2.31,2.93 8.09 6.95,9.41 7.23 6.27,8.32 11.07 9.21,13.25 28.45 <.001
Travel around without a plan 2.02 1.84,2.23 7.56 6.47,8.82 8.18 7.18,9.30 11.79 9.55,14.47 41.33 <.001
Have no regular place to live 1.58 1.40,1.78 5.87 4.93,6.98 6.91 6.02,7.91 10.09 7.92,12.75 36.72 <.001
Live with others at least 1 month 7.98 7.40,8.59 21.21 19.43,23.10 21.94 20.33,23.64 27.11 23.65,30.88 55.16 <.001
Lie a lot 3.12 2.88,3.38 12.61 11.23,14.13 11.25 10.10,12.51 19.81 16.97,22.99 49.51 <.001
Use a false or made up name/ alias 1.25 1.11,1.41 5.39 4.58,6.34 4.61 3.73,5.69 7.58 5.79,9.87 29.30 <.001
Scam/con someone for money 0.63 0.52,0.75 4.21 3.48,5.09 3.69 2.94,4.63 9.25 7.22,11.78 28.26 <.001
Destroy others’ property 1.52 1.35,1.71 12.31 10.91,13.86 9.18 8.13,10.34 17.54 14.64,20.87 47.21 <.001
Fail to pay off your debts 2.31 2.09,2.56 8.98 7.85,10.26 10.09 8.93,11.37 17.95 15.15,21.14 42.80 <.001
Steal anything from others 4.80 4.40,5.23 26.30 24.43,28.26 20.49 18.92,22.15 27.68 24.49,31.11 58.73 <.001
Forge someone’s signature 1.17 1.01,1.36 6.07 5.12,7.17 4.70 3.68,5.98 7.36 5.73,9.40 28.44 <.001
Shoplift 6.59 6.14,7.08 30.91 28.70,33.22 23.52 21.76,25.38 34.76 31.18,38.53 52.22 <.001
Make money illegally 0.90 0.77,1.05 8.30 7.16,9.60 8.21 7.22,9.33 16.38 13.64,19.55 41.50 <.001
Do something you could have been arrested for 7.36 6.86,7.89 51.73 49.43,54.01 35.61 33.73,37.54 52.31 48.33,56.27 69.29 <.001