Citation

McCarroll JE, Thayer LE, Liu X, Newby JH, Norwood AE, Fullerton CS, Ursano RJ. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 2000; 68(3): 521-525.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4799, USA. jmccarroll@usuhs.mil

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10883570

Abstract

Recidivism by spouse abusers was investigated using records of offenders in the U.S. Army Central Registry. Recidivism by gender and military status (active-duty or civilian spouse) was compared over a 70-month period. Between fiscal years 1989-1997, 48,330 offenders were identified in initial and recidivist incidents. Recidivism was analyzed by means of a Cox proportional hazard rate model, controlling for age, race, number of dependents, education, and substance abuse. Two different sets of survival curves were obtained: (a) Men were much more likely than women to have a recurrence and (b) within gender, civilians were more likely to have a recurrence than were active-duty military personnel. At 70 months, 30% of the male civilian offenders and 27% of the male active-duty offenders had committed a subsequent spouse abuse incident compared with 20% of the female civilian offenders and 18% of the female active-duty offenders, controlling for other variables.

Language: en