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Table 3 Hierarchical logistic regression predicting guilty/NGRI group (N = 112)*

From: Guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity? a comparative study of murderers referred for psychiatric examination by court order

 

B

SE

Wald statistic

Significance

OR

95%CI

Step 1

 

(Constant)

1.34

0.67

4.04

0.045

3.83

 
 

Immigrant

0.28

0.52

0.30

0.59

1.33

0.48 − 3.70

 

Single vs married

0.67

0.56

1.46

0.23

1.96

0.66-5.85

 

Divorced vs married

0.01

0.70

0.00

0.99

1.01

0.26-3.95

 

Periphery vs center

-1.69

0.50

11.65

0.001

0.18

0.07-0.49

 

Muslim vs Jew

-1.67

0.54

9.50

0.002

0.19

0.07-0.54

Step 2

 

(Constant)

0.31

0.77

0.17

0.684

1.37

 
 

Immigrant

0.61

0.57

1.12

0.290

1.84

0.60-5.65

 

Single vs married

0.77

0.60

1.66

0.198

2.15

0.67 − 6.90

 

Divorced vs married

0.08

0.74

0.01

0.911

1.09

0.26-4.61

 

Periphery vs center

-1.68

0.53

10.04

0.002

0.19

0.07-0.53

 

Muslim vs Jew

-1.34

0.58

5.41

0.02

0.26

0.08-0.81

 

Previous hospitalization

1.69

0.51

11.04

0.001

5.39

2.00-14.56

Step 3

 

(Constant)

2.15

1.07

4.04

0.044

8.60

 
 

Immigrant

0.95

0.74

1.66

0.198

2.60

0.61-11.09

 

Single vs married

0.43

0.83

0.27

0.603

1.54

0.30-7.76

 

Divorced vs married

0.07

0.91

0.01

0.936

1.08

0.18-6.44

 

Periphery vs center

-1.92

0.70

7.55

0.006

0.15

0.04-0.58

 

Muslim vs Jew

−0.97

0.72

1.82

0.178

0.38

0.09-1.55

 

Previous hospitalization

2.02

0.65

9.70

0.002

7.55

2.12–26.92

 

Accomplice

-2.58

1.28

4.04

0.045

0.08

0.01-0.94

 

Leave scene vs stay

-2.23

0.70

10.13

0.001

0.11

0.03-0.42

 

Suicide/other vs stay

-4.19

1.17

12.90

0.000

0.02

0.00-0.15

  1. *The full sample was 128 participants; due to missing values only 112 participants remained.