Table 3.
Logistic regression coefficients predicting general recidivism from dynamic risk factors and different types of child abuse victimization separately for male and female juvenile offenders
| Male Juvenile Offenders | Female Juvenile Offenders | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 10,111) | (n = 3502) | |||||||
| Gender | B | S.E. | Wald | Exp(B) | B | S.E. | Wald | Exp(B) |
| Step 1 | ||||||||
| School | .03 | .01 | 9.02** | 1.03 | .01 | .02 | .6 | 1,01 |
| Relationship | .12 | .02 | 53.98*** | 1.12 | .09 | .03 | 12.24*** | 1,10 |
| Family | .02 | .01 | 8.79** | 1.02 | −.00 | .01 | .09 | 1,00 |
| Alcohol/drugs abuse | .07 | .02 | 16.26*** | 1.07 | −.03 | .03 | 1.16 | ,97 |
| Skills | .01 | .01 | 2.45 | 1.01 | .04 | .02 | 6.33* | 1,04 |
| Attitude | .04 | .01 | 10.88** | 1.04 | .02 | .02 | .61 | 1.02 |
| Aggression | .06 | .02 | 14.20*** | 1.06 | .12 | .03 | 18.33*** | 1.13 |
| MH problems | .06 | .05 | 1.45 | 1.06 | .08 | .08 | 1.04 | 1.09 |
| ∆χ 2(df) | 590.10 (8)*** | 132.07 (8)*** | ||||||
| Step 2 | ||||||||
| Physical abuse | .06 | .06 | 1.01 | 1.06 | .05 | .08 | .34 | 1.05 |
| Sexual abuse | −.17 | .11 | 2.33 | .84 | −.02 | .11 | .03 | .98 |
| Neglect | .16 | .05 | 8.75** | 1.17 | .07 | .08 | .62 | 1.07 |
| Constant | −1.22 | .06 | 466.50*** | .29 | −1.63 | .11 | 209.98*** | .20 |
| ∆χ 2(df) | 12.95 (3)** | 1.19 (3) | ||||||
| Total χ 2(df) | 604.05 (11)*** | 133.26 (11)*** | ||||||
Note: * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001