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) |
 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.