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Table 4 Poisson models estimating justice characteristics for participants in a specialty court program for commercially sexually exploited children, 2012–2014 (n = 181)

From: A longitudinal study of justice characteristics among girls participating in a sex trafficking court program

Independent Variables

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Bench warrants

Citations

Placements

Ran away

Logit

IRR

AME

Logit

IRR

AME

Logit

IRR

AME

Logit

IRR

AME

Age at first citation (in years)

−.143* (.058)

.867

−.252

−.160** (.059)

.852

−.277

−.107 (.059)

.898

−.209

−.079 (.081)

.924

−.084

Months between first citation and court program

−.022** (.006)

.978

−.039

−.014* (.006)

.988

−.025

−.009 (.006)

.991

−.018

−.017 (.009)

.983

−.018

Months in the program

.069*** (.009)

1.072

.122

.079*** (.008)

1.082

.137

.069*** (.009)

1.072

.135

.064*** (.013)

1.066

.068

Abuse history (yes = 1)

.301** (.110)

1.351

.531

.252* (.104)

1.287

.436

.307** (.116)

1.360

.598

.416** (.184)

1.516

.441

Bench warrants at baseline a

.108* (.047)

1.114

.191

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Citations at baseline a

–

–

–

.008 (.023)

1.008

.014

–

–

–

–

–

–

Placements at baseline a

–

–

–

–

–

–

.018 (.011)

1.018

.035

–

–

–

Ran away at baseline a

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

.467*(.197)

1.595

.495

Intercept

1.780 (.992)

–

–

1.885 (1.020)

–

–

1.209 (1.061)

–

–

.113 (1.416)

–

–

Pseudo R2

.215

.255

.204

.156

  1. Note. Logits, incident rate ratios (IRR), and average marginal effects (AME) presented. Robust standard errors in parentheses
  2. aModels control for justice characteristics prior to entry into the program corresponding to the outcome measures
  3. *p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001 (two-tailed tests)