Table 6.

Results of logistic regression analysis predicting recidivism.

	B	SE	Wald’s χ²	p	e b	95% CI
The crime involves violence	2.36	0.86	7.47	.00	0.09	[0.01, 0.51]
Sex	−1.35	1.04	1.67	.19	0.25	[0.03, 2.00]
Age	0.06	0.03	3.30	.06	1.06	[0.99, 1.37]
Dysfunctional personality patterns
Antisocial	0.25	0.12	4.45	.03	1.29	[1.01, 1.64]
Dark Triad personality
Machiavellianism	−0.08	0.05	2.17	.14	0.91	[0.82, 1.02]
Psychopathy	0.00	0.10	0.00	.95	1.00	[0.82, 1.22]
Moral disengagement
Moral justification	−0.05	0.15	0.10	.74	0.95	[0.70, 1.28]
Euphemistic language	0.05	0.21	0.06	.79	1.05	[0.68, 1.62]
Advantageous comparison	0.38	0.18	4.41	.03	1.47	[1.02, 2.11]
Displacement of responsibility	0.11	0.13	0.65	.41	1.11	[0.85, 1.46]
Diffusion of responsibility	−0.12	0.15	0.03	.85	0.97	[0.71, 1.31]
Distortion of consequences	0.10	0.14	0.50	.47	1.10	[0.83, 1.46]
Attribution of blame	0.02	0.15	0.02	.87	1.02	[0.76, 1.37]
Dehumanisation	−0.35	0.17	4.02	.04	0.70	[0.49, 0.99]
Constant	−4.89	3.96	1.53	.216	0.007

Note: CI = confidence interval.

^bindicates the strength of the relationship. The further away from 1 it is, the stronger the relationship.