Table 3.
Demographic, clinical and legal characteristics of absconders and controls
| |
Absconders (
N
= 57) |
Controls (
N
= 56) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | |
| Age* |
40.07 |
10.92 |
40.18 |
11.09 |
| Days under ORB |
2123.88a |
1738.81 |
1317.70b |
990.43 |
| PCL-R total score |
17.89 |
6.50 |
16.53 |
7.38 |
| HCR-20 total score |
25.53a |
5.26 |
20.83b |
5.62 |
| |
N |
% |
N |
% |
| Sex (male)* |
44 |
77.2 |
46 |
82.1 |
| Ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
| Caucasian |
30 |
52.6 |
20 |
35.7 |
| Afro-Caribbean |
17 |
29.8 |
21 |
37.5 |
| Asian |
7 |
12.3 |
9 |
16.1 |
| History of absconding* |
32 |
56.1 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Prior absconding attempts (yes)† |
17 |
29.8 |
5 |
8.9 |
| Diagnosis† |
|
|
|
|
| Primary psychotic disorder |
17 |
34.0 |
25 |
51.0 |
| Comorbid psychosis + substance abuse |
33 |
66.0 |
24 |
49.0 |
| Personality disorder indicated (yes) |
24 |
42.1 |
19 |
33.9 |
| Index offense |
|
|
|
|
| Violent |
40 |
70.2 |
34 |
60.7 |
| Non-violent |
10 |
17.5 |
12 |
21.4 |
| Sexual | 7 | 12.3 | 10 | 17.9 |
Note. ORB = Ontario Review Board; PCL-R = Psychopathy Checklist, Revised; HCR-20 = Historical, Clinical, Risk Management-20.
*Denotes a variable that was matched across absconding and control groups (age, sex), or held to = 0 in the control group (history of absconding).
Means in the same row that do not share subscripts (a, b) differ at p < .01. †For history of absconding attempts, χ2 = 9.89, p = .002; for diagnosis, χ2 = 2.94, p = .087.