Table 4.
Logistic regression coefficients predicting violent felony 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 | −.01 | .01 | .73 | .99 | .01 | .04 | .05 | 1.01 |
| Relationship | .17 | .03 | 39.13*** | 1.19 | −.02 | .07 | .04 | .99 |
| Family | .01 | .01 | .87 | 1.01 | −.02 | .03 | .27 | 1.02 |
| Alcohol/drugs abuse | .01 | .03 | .08 | 1.01 | −.03 | .08 | .15 | .97 |
| Skills | .03 | .02 | 3.42 | 1.03 | .08 | .05 | 2.73 | 1.08 |
| Attitude | .03 | .02 | 2.28 | 1.03 | .03 | .06 | .23 | 1.03 |
| Aggression | .05 | .03 | 2.40 | 1.05 | .22 | .08 | 7.45** | 1.25 |
| MH problems | .08 | .09 | .87 | 1.08 | .19 | .21 | .77 | 1.21 |
| ∆χ 2(df) | 173.06 (8)*** | 33.08 (8)*** | ||||||
| Step 2 | ||||||||
| Physical abuse | .21 | .09 | 5.29* | 1.23 | −.21 | .22 | .85 | .81 |
| Sexual abuse | −.29 | .21 | 1.98 | .75 | −.13 | .30 | .20 | .88 |
| Neglect | .02 | .09 | .06 | 1.02 | .14 | .22 | .43 | 1.15 |
| Constant | −3.47 | .11 | 938.74*** | .03 | −4.77 | .35 | 186.86*** | .01 |
| ∆χ 2(df) | 9.05 (3)* | 1.40 (3) | ||||||
| Total χ 2(df) | 182.10 (11)*** | 34.48 (11)*** | ||||||
Note: * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001