Table 2 Incidence of arrest among respondents by personal characteristics, restraining order service, linkage to firearms, and firearm recovery
From: Firearms and the incidence of arrest among respondents to domestic violence restraining orders
Characteristic | Respondents with new arrestsa, no. (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Any offense | P value | Offenses not involving violence or firearms | P value | Domestic violence | P value | Other violent or firearm-related offenses | P value | |
All respondents (n = 2,972) | 625 (21.0) |  | 507 (17.1) |  | 238 (8.0) |  | 229 (7.7) |  |
Sex | ||||||||
 Male (n = 2,439) | 544 (22.3) | 0.0003 | 441 (18.1) | 0.0015 | 209 (8.6) | 0.0159 | 209 (8.6) | 0.0002 |
 Female (n = 533) | 81 (15.2) |  | 66 (12.4) |  | 29 (5.4) (3.8) |  | 20 (3.8) |  |
Ageb, years | ||||||||
 ≤24 (n = 418) | 107 (25.6) | 0.0006 | 84 (20.1) | 0.0008 | 37 (8.9) | 0.1245 | 41 (9.8) | 0.0333 |
 25-34 (n = 807) | 198 (24.5) |  | 166 (20.6) |  | 78 (9.7) |  | 73 (9.1) |  |
 35-44 (n = 850) | 176 (20.7) |  | 145 (17.1) |  | 69 (8.1) |  | 67 (7.9) |  |
 ≥45 (n = 831) | 144 (17.3) |  | 112 (13.5) |  | 54 (6.5) |  | 48 (5.8) |  |
Arrest history | ||||||||
 None (n = 1,799) | 68 (3.8) | <0.0001 | 42 (2.3) | <0.0001 | 33 (1.8) | <0.0001 | 15 (0.8) | <0.0001 |
 Any offense (n = 1,173) | 557 (47.5) |  | 465 (39.6) |  | 205 (17.5) |  | 214 (18.2) |  |
Number of prior arrest chargesc | ||||||||
Any offense | ||||||||
 1-2 (n = 299) | 73 (24.4) | <0.0001 | 57 (19.1) | <0.0001 | 23 (7.7) | <0.0001 | 28 (9.4) | <0.0001 |
 3-9 (n = 378) | 152 (40.2) |  | 123 (32.5) |  | 66 (17.5) |  | 47 (12.4) |  |
 10+ (n = 496) | 332 (66.9) |  | 285 (57.5) |  | 116 (23.4) |  | 139 (28.0) |  |
Offenses not involving violence or firearms | ||||||||
 1 (n = 194) | 56 (28.9) | <0.0001 | 41 (21.1) | <0.0001 | 18 (9.3) | 0.0002 | 21 (10.8) | 0.0003 |
 2+ (n = 805) | 463 (57.5) |  | 397 (49.3) |  | 169 (21.0) |  | 180 (22.4) |  |
Domestic violence | ||||||||
 1 (n = 312) | 127 (40.7) | 0.0027 | 102 (32.7) | 0.0210 | 55 (17.6) | 0.0153 | 53 (17.0) | 0.0322 |
 2+ (n = 287) | 152 (53.0) |  | 120 (41.8) |  | 74 (25.8) |  | 69 (24.0) |  |
Other violent or firearm-related offenses | ||||||||
 1 (n = 229) | 104 (45.4) | 0.0057 | 84 (36.7) | 0.0061 | 40 (17.5) | 0.4044 | 32 (14.0) | 0.0004 |
 2+ (n = 518) | 292 (56.4) |  | 246 (47.5) |  | 104 (20.1) |  | 133 (25.7) |  |
Time from most recent arrest to date of restraining orderc, years | ||||||||
 0-5 (n = 953) | 499 (52.4) | <0.0001 | 424 (44.5) | <0.0001 | 184 (19.3) | 0.0006 | 193 (20.3) | 0.0002 |
 6+ (n = 220) | 58 (26.7) |  | 41 (18.6) |  | 21 (9.6) |  | 21 (9.6) |  |
Pre-existing firearms prohibitionc | ||||||||
 Y (n = 578) | 335 (58.0) | <0.0001 | 288 (49.8) | <0.0001 | 117 (20.2) | 0.0140 | 130 (22.5) | 0.0002 |
 N (n = 595) | 222 (37.3) |  | 177 (29.8) |  | 88 (14.8) |  | 84 (14.1) |  |
Order served | ||||||||
 Y (n = 1,677) | 387 (23.1) | 0.0018 | 314 (18.7) | 0.0060 | 162 (9.7) | 0.0002 | 143 (8.5) | 0.0559 |
 N (n = 1,295) | 238 (18.4) |  | 193 (14.9) |  | 76 (5.9) |  | 86 (6.6) |  |
Linked to firearms | Â | |||||||
 Y (n = 525) | 108 (20.6) | 0.7765 | 84 (16.0) | 0.4770 | 37 (7.1) | 0.3716 | 41 (7.8) | 0.9213 |
 N (n = 2447) | 517 (21.1) |  | 423 (17.3) |  | 201 (8.2) |  | 188 (7.7) |  |
Firearms recoveredd | Â | |||||||
 Y (n = 119) | 14 (11.8) | 0.005 | 8 (6.7) | 0.0027 | 9 (7.6) | 0.9661 | 6 (5.0) | 0.1426 |
 N (n = 242) | 59 (24.4) |  | 45 (18.6) |  | 18 (7.4) |  | 23 (9.5) |  |