Table 3

Gender differences in childhood, health, criminal history and index offense

All

Male

Female

Logistic regression

N

%

N

%

N

%

OR

95% CI

Index offense

Victim severely wounded or dead

68

33.7

59

31.7

9

56.3

2.77

0.98-7.79

Related victim

23

11.4

19

10.2

4

25.0

2.93

0.86-9.99

Delusional at the time of the offense

9

4.8

6

3.5

3

20.0

7.00*

1.55-31.52

Alcohol involved in the offense

63

32.5

57

32.0

6

37.5

1.27

0.44-3.68

Criminal history

Criminal record

120

59.7

113

60.8

7

46.7

0.57

0.20-1.63

Pertinent criminal record

38

18.9

37

19.9

1

6.7

0.29

0.04-2.26

Childhood

Family alcohol abuse

33

22.3

27

20.3

6

40.0

2.62

0.86-7.99

Sexually abused as a child

9

5.9

5

3.6

4

26.7

9.67*

2.27-41.30

Violence in the nuclear family

37

26.6

30

24.2

7

46.7

2.74

0.92-8.19

Mental health

Treated in a psychiatric clinic

48

26.2

41

24.4

7

46.7

2.71

0.93-7.93

Prostitution

9

5.0

3

1.8

6

37.5

32.6*

7.09-149.94

Note. OR = Odds Ratio. 95% CI = Confidence Interval. * p < 0.05.

Rossegger et al. BMC Psychiatry 2009 9:81   doi:10.1186/1471-244X-9-81