Table 1

Differences Between Victimized and Nonvictimized Acquittees

Demographic CharacteristicVictimizedNonvictimizedComparison
nMSDnMSDtpd
Age at Evaluation 15842.3611.1811045.204.041.33.190.22
Time between evaluations5616.555.909615.065.83−1.51.130.26
Total arrests5820.7434.2511025.8939.680.84.400.14
Longest prior sentence3122.1230.615517.0632.58−0.71.480.16
Demographic CharacteristicnYesNonYesNoχ2p
Male5849 (84.4%)9 (15.5%)11191 (82.0%)20 (18.0%)0.17.68
Violent charge5853 (91.3%)3 (8.7%)110106 (96.4%)4 (3.6%)1.86.17
Primary DiagnosisnYesNonYesNoχ2p
Psychotic disorder5837 (64.9%)21 (36.2%)10969 (63.3%)40 (36.7%)< 0.01.95
Mood disorder5810 (17.2%)48 (82.8%)10915 (13.8%)94 (86.2%)0.36.55
Substance use disorder581 (1.72%)57 (98.2%)1097 (6.4%)102 (93.6%)1.83.18
  • Time between evaluations = time in months elapsed between Evaluation 1 and Evaluation 2.