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  Determining the Long-Term Risks of Recidivism and Registration Failures among Sexual Offenders

Tables
   
Table 1
Table 2
    

 

Table 1.

Correlations among the Research Variables
Variable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Recidivism — — — — — — —
Registration Failures .16* — — — — — —
Black .19* .19* — — — — —
White -.14 -.14 -.86** — — — —
Age -.21** -.06 -.15 .20** — — —
Previous Convictions .18* .21** .21** -.17* .01 — —
Adult Offenders .13 -.10 .15* -.08 .13 .13 —
Child Offenders -.06 .16* -.01 .08 -.11 -.10 -.70**
Note. The variables black, white, adult offenders, and child offenders are dummy-coded.
* Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
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Table 2.

Proportional Hazards Model for Predicting Recidivism
Variables B SE Wald Sig Exp (B)
Registration Failures .49 .31 2.51 .11 1.64
Black .63 .35 3.28 .07 1.87
Age -.06 .02 10.97 .00** .94
Previous Convictions .13 .05 5.63 .02* 1.13
Adult Offenders .75 .34 4.84 .03* 2.11
-2 Log Likelihood 471.84      Chi Square 24.41      DF 5      P < .001
Note. The variables black, white, adult offenders, and child offenders are dummy-coded.
* Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

 

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