title: Spouse abuse recidivism in the U.S. Army by gender and military status.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4799, USA. jmccarroll@usuhs.mil
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: McCarroll
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Thayer
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Newby
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Norwood
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Fullerton
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Ursano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012372:ROC Curve; D012042:Registries; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology