Criminal Justice Outcomes in Intimate and Non-intimate Partner Homicide Cases

APPENDIX D - Full Results for Multivariate Analysis: Examining Outcomes in Intimate Partner & Non-Intimate Partner Homicide, Reduced Sample, Toronto, 1974-2002 (continued)

Overall conviction Murder conviction Federal sentence Length of sentence
Variable (N=914 cases) (N=701) (N=701) (N=701)
Model 5 (Logit) Model 6 (Logit) Model 7 (Logit) Model 8 (OLS)
Victim-accused relationship b Odds b Odds b Odds b (S.E)
Intimate partner 1.2 (.28)*** 2.77 -.34 (.46) .71 -.25 (.47) .78 -.53 (.45)

Time period
Overall conviction Murder conviction Federal sentence Length of sentence
Variable (N=914 cases) (N=701) (N=701) (N=701)
Model 5 (Logit) Model 6 (Logit) Model 7 (Logit) Model 8 (OLS)
Victim-accused relationship b Odds b Odds b Odds b (S.E)
Case entered court 1984-1996 .63 (.20)** 1.87 .63 (.28)* 1.87 .30 (.30) 1.34 .51 (.32)
Case entered court 1997-2002 .13 (.33) 1.14 1.43 (.44)** 4.17 .50 (.60) 1.65 1.3 (.54)*

Gender
Overall conviction Murder conviction Federal sentence Length of sentence
Variable (N=914 cases) (N=701) (N=701) (N=701)
Model 5 (Logit) Model 6 (Logit) Model 7 (Logit) Model 8 (OLS)
Victim-accused relationship b Odds b Odds b Odds b (S.E)
Accused is male .85 (.27)** 2.35 1.8 (.48)* 2.94 .85 (.41)* 2.35 .82 (.50)
Victim is male .50 (.24)* 1.65 -1.13 (.34)** .32 -1.1 (.48)* .37 -1.47 (.41)***

Legal variables
Overall conviction Murder conviction Federal sentence Length of sentence
Variable (N=914 cases) (N=701) (N=701) (N=701)
Model 5 (Logit) Model 6 (Logit) Model 7 (Logit) Model 8 (OLS)
Victim-accused relationship b Odds b Odds b Odds b (S.E)
Accused has prior non-violent record .65 (.21)** 1.92 .62 (.28)* 1.86 .14 (.31) 1.14 4.55 (.32)
Accused has prior violent record 1.59 (.38)*** 4.89 1.11 (.35)** 3.3 1.60 (.60)** 4.96 1.23 (.41)**
Severity of initial charge/conviction .47 (.15)** 1.59 2.50 (.24)*** 12.23 2.73 (.37)*** 15.32 6.94 (.22)***
Case resolved at trial -- -- 2.15 (.25)*** 8.60 .64 (.29)* 1.90 1.3 (.29)**

Extra-legal variables - Characteristics of the accused
Overall conviction Murder conviction Federal sentence Length of sentence
Variable (N=914 cases) (N=701) (N=701) (N=701)
Model 5 (Logit) Model 6 (Logit) Model 7 (Logit) Model 8 (OLS)
Victim-accused relationship b Odds b Odds b Odds b (S.E)
Accused is white .01 (.22) 1.1 .24 (.28) 1.27 -.26 (.31) .77 .37 (.32)
Age of accused -.02 (.01)* .98 -.04 (.01)* .96 -.01 (.01) .99 -5.77 (.02)
Accused is employed .20 (.22) 1.23 -.34 (.28) .71 -.71 (.33)* .49 -.65 (.34)
Accused is married .32 (.22) 1.37 .29 (.28) 1.33 -.36 (.32) .70 -.16 (.34)
Accused has psychiatric history -.57 (.28)* .57 .44 (.43) 1.55 2.22 (.81)** 9.25 .40 (.52)

Extra-legal variables - Characteristics of the victim
Overall conviction Murder conviction Federal sentence Length of sentence
Variable (N=914 cases) (N=701) (N=701) (N=701)
Model 5 (Logit) Model 6 (Logit) Model 7 (Logit) Model 8 (OLS)
Victim-accused relationship b Odds b Odds b Odds b (S.E)
Victim is white .31 (.22) 1.36 .25 (.27) 1.28 -.03 (.31) .97 .17 (.33)
Age of victim .00 (.01) 1.0 .00 (.01) 1.0 .01 (.01) 1.1 1.4 (.01)
Victim is employed .13 (.22) 1.14 .41 (.26) 1.51 .58 (.34) 1.79 .74 (.31)*
Victim is married -.32 (.22) .73 -.20 (.28) .82 -.17 (.33) .85 -.23 (.34)
Victim has prior criminal record .34 (.29) 1.41 ..62 (.31) .54 .14 (.37) 1.15 -.31 (.34)

Extra-legal variables - Characteristics of the incident
Overall conviction Murder conviction Federal sentence Length of sentence
Variable (N=914 cases) (N=701) (N=701) (N=701)
Model 5 (Logit) Model 6 (Logit) Model 7 (Logit) Model 8 (OLS)
Victim-accused relationship b Odds b Odds b Odds b (S.E)
Homicide occurred in public location .16 (.20) 1.18 -.37 (.26) .69 .06 (.30) 1.6 .28 (.32)
Gun used in killing -.37 (.22) .69 .28 (.28) 1.32 -.34 (.34) .71 .21 (.35)
Victim drinking/using drugs .53 (.24)* 1.70 -.35 (.27) .71 .15 (.33) 1.16 -.33 (.34)
Intercept (S.E.)/Model X2 -1.63 (.59) 130.06 -7.19 (.96) 396.38 -4.25 (1.9) 232.69 -9.16 (1.2)

NOTE: * p <.05 ** p <.01 *** p <.001