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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Interpers Violence. 2012 Apr 4;27(14):2845–2868. doi: 10.1177/0886260512438284

TABLE 2.

Association Between Incident Characteristics and PO Status at Time of Event for Three Sets of Criminal Incidents

Sample Characteris-
tics of Event
Proportion of Incidents
with Given Characteristic
Crude Odds Ratio
for PO-in-Effect
Adjusted Odds Ratio*
for PO-in-Effect

PO
in effect
PO not in
effect
Exp(B) (95% CI) Exp(B) (95% CI) p
N=2,720 POLICE INCIDENTS (104) (2,616)
Reference=Non-assault
Assault 46.2% 69.2% 0.381 (0.257, 0.565) 0.434 (0.285, 0.660) <.001
N=1,473 REQUESTED CHARGES (34) (1,473)
Characteristics of Charge: Reference=No weapon
 Weapon Used 20.6% 24.5% 0.801 (0.346, 1.854) 0.764 (0.326, 1.787) .534

Reference=No Injury
 Victim Injured 55.9% 66.4% 0.640 (0.322, 1.270) 0.641 (0.318, 1.289) .212

Reference=Single charge
 2+ charges 40.0% 14.9% 3.803 (1.904, 7.595) 3.259 (1.571, 6.763) .002

Reference=Misdemeanor
 Felony 42.9% 14.6% 4.399 (2.217, 8.730) 4.006 (1.951, 8.225) <.001

Victim Participation: Reference=No contact
 Direct contact w/ prosecutor 68.6% 69.4% 0.960 (0.466, 1.978) 0.684 (0.326, 1.437) .316

 Ever supported prosecution Reference=Never supported
82.9% 75.4% 1.574 (0.648, 3.822) 1.188 (0.483, 2.925) .707

 Ever changed support Reference=Never changed
8.6% 20.2% 0.370 (0.112, 1.215) 0.329 (0.099, 1.095) .070

Prosecutor Authorized Charge Reference=Not authorized
85.7% 78.2% 1.677 (0.645, 4.359) 1.206 (0.456, 3.188) .706

N=1,159 AUTHORIZED CHARGES (30) (1,129)
Court Convicted Reference=Not convicted
56.7% 59.3% 0.896 (0.431, 1.862) 0.747 (0.346, 1.612) .458
*

Adjusted for victim substance use, victim race, marital status, together at time of index incident, children, prior IPV reported by victim