Table 1.
OLS models evaluating the association of homicide rates, civil commitment statute characteristics, mental health system characteristics, state firearm control provisions, and structural covariates
| Model | Model A 2004 Homicide Rate from civil commitment law and mental health system characteristics controlling for structural covariatesa |
Model B 2004 Homicide Rate from structural covariatesb |
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| Characteristic: | b | SE | β | Part correlation | Sig. | Tolerance | NIF | b | SE | Sig. |
| Breadth of behavioral inpatient civil commitment criteria: broader criterion = 2; dangerousness criterion = 1 | −1.42 | 0.49 | −0.31 | −0.26 | 0.008 | 0.69 | 1.44 | – | – | – |
| Inpatient additions per 100,000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.26 | 0.21 | 0.026 | 0.63 | 1.59 | – | – | – |
| Percent of state hospital beds occupied at end of 2004 by patients staying >90 days | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.207 | 0.81 | 1.23 | – | – | – |
| Duration of initial outpatient commitment order in days | 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.201 | 0.90 | 1.11 | – | – | – |
| IOC frequency of use in 2004 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.113 | 0.72 | 1.38 | – | – | – |
| IOC stringency compared with inpatient criterion | −0.26 | 0.48 | −0.05 | −0.05 | 0.592 | 0.76 | 1.32 | – | – | – |
| Global state mental health service grades | −0.26 | 0.12 | −0.27 | −0.19 | 0.042 | 0.50 | 1.98 | – | – | – |
| Psychiatric inpatient bed access | −1.08 | 0.37 | −0.32 | −0.26 | 0.008 | 0.63 | 1.59 | – | – | – |
| Firearm law restrictiveness | −0.79 | 0.41 | −0.23 | −0.17 | 0.063 | 0.56 | 1.78 | – | – | – |
| Predicted homicide rate from structural covariates | 0.86 | 0.15 | 0.65 | 0.50 | <0.001 | 0.58 | 1.71 | – | – | – |
| Population structure component | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.56 | 0.42 | 0.189 |
| Resource deprivation component | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1.94 | 0.45 | 0.000 |
| % Age 15–24 in 2004 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | −0.01 | 0.02 | 0.611 |
| % Divorced males in 2004 (15+ years old) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8.05 | 20.77 | 0.700 |
| Southern states (civil war) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | −0.61 | 0.83 | 0.466 |
| Social disorganization component | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.18 | 0.39 | 0.648 |
| Age, conservative, gender component | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.43 | 0.29 | 0.146 |
Model statistics:
a
R2 = 0.80; Adj. R2 = 0.72; df = 10, 25; F = 10.21; p < 0.000;
b
R2 = 0.56; Adj. R2 = 0.49; df = 7, 42; F = 7.78; p < 0.000