Offender Profile and Recidivism among Domestic Violence Offenders in Ontario

In order to present the full content, this page exceeds our site's normal dimensions.

Table 24: Pearson Correlation Coefficients for Selected Variables Influencing Recidivism, 2001
Selected Variables reconv ymso ymso fmss ynumber fnumber totconv nonconv offage fprison fprob f3prob gender pserious
Reconviction (reconv) 1.00 -0.16 *** -0.20*** -0.27*** 0.34*** 0.18*** 0.44*** 0.27*** -0.17*** 0.26*** -0.18*** -0.18*** 0.11*** 0.24***
Most Serious Prior Conviction (ymso)   1.00 0.51*** 0.31*** -0.34*** -0.14*** -0.34*** -0.22*** 0.09* -0.25*** 0.25*** 0.21*** -0.06 -0.81***
Most Serious Sentence for Prior Conviction (ymss)     1.00 0.26*** -0.41*** -0.14*** -0.42*** -0.26*** 0.09* -0.20*** 0.22*** 0.18*** -0.09* -0.40***
Most Serious Sentence for Index Domestic Violence Conviction (fmss)       1.00 -0.36*** -0.41*** -0.40*** -0.28*** 0.04 -0.68*** 0.74*** 0.68*** -0.16*** -0.37***
Total Number of Prior Convictions (ynumber)         1.00 0.22*** 0.98*** 0.71*** -0.00 0.35*** -0.32*** -0.28*** 0.15*** 0.49***
Total Number of Convictions. Concurrent to Index Domestic Violence Conviction (fnumber)           1.00 0.32*** 0.17*** -0.11*** 0.70*** -0.24*** -0.27*** 0.12*** 0.21***
Total Number of Convictions - Lifetime (totconv)             1.00 0.71*** -0.04 0.41*** -0.34*** -0.30*** 0.16*** 0.49***
Total Number of Charges without Convictions - Lifetime (nonconv)               1.00 0.11*** 0.22*** -0.24*** -0.20*** 0.11*** 0.37***
Offender Age (offage)                 1.00 -0.10** 0.05 0.05 0.02 -0.04
Prison Sentence - Index Domestic Violence Conviction (fprison)                   1.00 -0.55*** -0.51*** 0.15*** 0.31***
Probation Sentence - Index Domestic Violence Conviction (fprob)                     1.00 0.84*** -0.14*** -0.32***
Probation Sentence Length - Index Domestic Violence Conviction (f3probation)                       1.00 -0.12*** -0.26***
Offender Gender (gender)                         1.00 0.17***
Seriousness of Prior Conviction (pserious)                           1.00

1. * = p<.05; **=p<.01; ***=p<.001