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

4. Results (cont'd)

4.2 Multivariate analysis: Isolating the effects of intimacy in criminal law (continued)

Table 4.8: Multivariate Analysis Examining Outcomes for Intimate Partner and Non-Intimate Partner Homicides, Reduced Sample, Toronto, 1974-2002 a

Victim-accused relationship
First degree murder Case sent to trial Found guilty at trial NCRMD acquittal Overall conviction Murder conviction Federal sentence Length of sentence
Variable (N=914) (N=910) (N=517) (N=204) (N=914) (N=701) (N=701) (N=701)
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6 Model 7 Model 8
Intimate partner .51** .41*** 2.27* .48 2.77*** .71 .78 -.53 (.45)

Time period
First degree murder Case sent to trial Found guilty at trial NCRMD acquittal Overall conviction Murder conviction Federal sentence Length of sentence
Variable (N=914) (N=910) (N=517) (N=204) (N=914) (N=701) (N=701) (N=701)
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6 Model 7 Model 8
Case in court 1984-1996 1.19 .65* 1.63* .34 1.87** 1.87* 1.34 .51 (.32)
Case in court 1997-2002 1.5 .81 1.67 .90 1.14 4.17** 1.65 1.3 (.54)*

Gender
First degree murder Case sent to trial Found guilty at trial NCRMD acquittal Overall conviction Murder conviction Federal sentence Length of sentence
Variable (N=914) (N=910) (N=517) (N=204) (N=914) (N=701) (N=701) (N=701)
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6 Model 7 Model 8
Accused is male .79 .74 2.25* .71 2.35** 2.94* 2.35* .82 (.50)
Victim is male .43*** .43*** 1.12 .14** 1.65* .32** .37* -1.47 (.41)***

Legal variables
First degree murder Case sent to trial Found guilty at trial NCRMD acquittal Overall conviction Murder conviction Federal sentence Length of sentence
Variable (N=914) (N=910) (N=517) (N=204) (N=914) (N=701) (N=701) (N=701)
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6 Model 7 Model 8
Non-violent record 1.5 .69* 2.14** .61 1.92** 1.86* 1.14 4.55 (.32)
Violent record 1.78* .61* 6.52*** .89 4.89*** 3.3* 4.96** 1.23 (.41)**
Severity of initial charge -- .93 1.95** 4.68** 1.59** 12.23*** 15.32*** 6.94 (.22)***
Case resolved at trial -- -- -- -- -- 8.60*** 1.90* 1.3 (.29)**

Extra-legal variables - Characteristics of accused
First degree murder Case sent to trial Found guilty at trial NCRMD acquittal Overall conviction Murder conviction Federal sentence Length of sentence
Variable (N=914) (N=910) (N=517) (N=204) (N=914) (N=701) (N=701) (N=701)
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6 Model 7 Model 8
Accused is white 1.0 1.21 1.24 .99 1.1 1.27 .77 .37 (.32)
Age of accused 1.2 .99 .98 1.6* .98* .96* .99 -5.77 (.02)
Accused is employed 1.4 1.36 1.79* 2.40 1.23 .71 .49* -.65 (.34)
Accused is married 1.23 .94 1.31 .19** 1.37 1.33 .70 -.16 (.34)
Accused has psych history .70 .72 .46* 26.18** .57* 1.55 9.25** .40 (.52)

Extra-legal variables - Characteristics of victim
First degree murder Case sent to trial Found guilty at trial NCRMD acquittal Overall conviction Murder conviction Federal sentence Length of sentence
Variable (N=914) (N=910) (N=517) (N=204) (N=914) (N=701) (N=701) (N=701)
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6 Model 7 Model 8
Victim is white 1.2 .76 1.25 .42 1.36 1.28 .97 .17 (.33)
Age of victim .99 1.1 1.0 .97 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.4 (.01)
Victim is employed 2.27*** .97 1.18 3.50* 1.14 1.51 1.79 .74 (.31)*
Victim is married .89 1.15 .74 5.71** .73 .82 .85 -.23 (.34)
Victim has prior record .91 .68 .99 1.67 1.41 .54 1.15 -.31 (.34)

Extra-legal variables - Characteristics of incident
First degree murder Case sent to trial Found guilty at trial NCRMD acquittal Overall conviction Murder conviction Federal sentence Length of sentence
Variable (N=914) (N=910) (N=517) (N=204) (N=914) (N=701) (N=701) (N=701)
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6 Model 7 Model 8
Homicide in public locale 1.42* .99 1.32 .30* 1.18 .69 1.6 .28 (.32)
Gun used in killing 3.28*** 2.11*** .86 .31 .69 1.32 .71 .21 (.35)
Victim drink/using drugs .51** .61** 1.62 .11**s 1.70* .71 1.16 -.33 (.34)

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

a Odds are shown in Models 1-7. Model 8 shows the regression coefficients with standard errors in parentheses. Full results are shown Appendix D.