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TABLE 4. Target Incident Characteristics, by Rereporting Status

Characteristic No new incident (Group 1) (N = 60) New incident reported (Group 2) (N = 25) New incident not reported (Group 3) (N = 34) {chi}2/F p

Victim initiated police call for assistance 60.0%a,b 88.0% 85.3% 10.63 .005
Victim thought she would be seriously injured in target incident 53.3a,b 80.0 90.9 15.83 .001
Victim sustained injury 41.7 32.0 29.4 1.65 .439
Weapon used in incident 18.3 16.0 8.8 1.55 .461
Severe violence used in incident (beat up, kicked, choked, threatened, or assaulted with weapon) 52.5 44.0 45.5 0.71 .702
Victim was threatened with harm 71.7 72.0 64.7 0.57 .750
Victim's fear of defendant had increased over time 35.6a,b 64.0 61.8 8.71 .013
Pattern of abuse was becoming more severe and/or frequent 45.0 2.0 58.8 5.53 .063
Victim was stalked prior to target incident 10.0 24.0 14.7 2.83 .243
Restraining order in effect 16.7a,b 40.0 41.2 8.41 .015
Number of children present 1.33 1.14 1.11 0.13 .879

a 2 x 2 cross-tabulation between this category and the "new incident, not reported" category reveals a statistically significant association between not reporting and this factor.

b Analysis of residuals indicates that the significant association between the variables is due to a lower than expected number of cases in this cell.





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