Substance Use, Criminal Recidivism, and Mortality in Criminal Justice Clients: A Comparison between Men and Women

Table 5

Women: risk factors for criminal recidivism.

	Hazard ratio	95% confidence interval	value
Homelessness, last 30 days	1.109	0.846–1.455	0.454
Chronic physical disease	1.193	0.911–1.561	0.200
Partner with substance	1.320	1.022–1.704	0.034
Lifetime history of substance abuse (>1 yr)
Heroin	0.992	0.722–1.363	0.959
Amphetamine	1.229	0.829–1.822	0.304
Cannabis	0.899	0.676–1.195	0.464
Injection drug use	1.327	0.902–1.953	0.151
Mean number of substances used, last 30 days	1.052	0.944–1.171	0.361
Main crime in index verdict
Violent	0.525	0.316–0.873	0.013
Property	1.368	1.037–1.803	0.027
Lifetime history of psychiatric problems
Hospitalization	1.214	0.901–1.635	0.202

significantly associated with the outcome variable.