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Overall sample (n = 539) Study 1 (n = 240) Study 2 (n = 299) Characteristic M SD M SD M SD t df P Age, years 42.8 12.0 35.9 11.6 48.4 9.1 14.15 537 <0.001 Educational attainment, years, n = 537 11.2 2.7 11.0 2.7 11.4 2.7 1.65 535 0.10 Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) score 4.6 2.9 4.7 2.9 4.5 2.9 0.81 532 0.42 Arrest rate among the entire sample, n = 537 1.6 2.7 1.7 2.2 1.6 3.1 0.237 535 0.82 Arrest rate among those ever arrested, n = 415 2.1 2.9 2.3 2.3 2.0 3.3 1.29 413 0.20 n % n % n % χ2 df P Ever arrested, n = 537 415 77.3 171 71.3 244 82.2 8.99 1 0.003 Gender, male 314 58.3 155 64.6 159 53.2 7.12 1 0.008 Ethnicity, non-Hispanic 519 96.3 228 95.0 291 97.3 2.01 1 0.16 Race, African American or Blacka 380 75.2 114 49.6 266 96.7 149.57 1 <0.001 Marital status, single and never married 323 59.9 148 61.7 175 58.5 8.20 4 0.09 Unemployed in the past month 480 89.2 208 87.0 272 91.0 2.14 1 0.14 Diagnostic category, n = 538 Mood disorder 265 49.3 85 35.4 180 60.4 Psychotic disorder 273 50.7 155 64.6 118 39.6 33.20 1 <0.001 ↵aOnly African American/Black and White participants are included in this comparison as there were too few in other categories.
Variable M SD t df P ACE score Race 1.80 499 0.07 Black 4.5 2.9 White 5.0 2.8 Gender 3.98 532 <0.001 Male 4.2 2.8 Female 5.2 2.9 Arrest rate Race 0.11 388 0.91 Black 2.1 3.1 White 2.2 2.1 Gender 1.26 413 0.21 Male 2.3 2.9 Female 1.9 2.9 n % χ² df P Ever arrested Race 12.77 1 <0.001 Black 310 81.6 White 80 64.5 Gender 15.55 1 <0.001 Male 259 82.7 Female 156 69.6 - Table 3
Binary Logistic Regression Results for Likelihood of Having Ever Been Arrested, n = 497
Variable B SE Wald χ² P OR Gender (male = 0, female = 1) −0.78 .23 11.28 0.001 0.46 Race (African American or Black = 0, White = 1) −0.99 .24 16.93 <0.001 0.37 Years of education completed −0.10 .04 5.82 0.016 0.90 Diagnosis (mood disorder =0, psychotic disorder = 1) −0.47 .23 4.21 0.040 0.62 Constant 3.81 .67 32.62 <.001 45.02 - Table 4
Multiple Linear Regression Results for Arrest Rate among Those Who Had Ever Been Arrested, n = 415
Variable B SD β t P Years of education completed −0.18 0.06 −0.16 −3.10 0.002 ACE total 0.13 0.05 0.13 2.56 0.011 Constant 3.46 0.71 4.86 <0.001
