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FIGURE 3-4 FAILURE TO APPEAR RATES BY AGE FOR DV AND NON-DV DEFENDANTS WHO WERE EVER RELEASED
20%
17% 12%
***
10%
0% YOUNG MALE DV OFFENDERS
OLDER MALE DV OFFENDERS
(N = 868)
(N = 2,960)
20% 14%
*
14%
*
10%
0% YOUNG MALE NON-DV OFFENDERS (N = 3,082)
OLDER MALE NON-DV OFFENDERS (N = 3,928)
*
Differences between this group and young male DV offenders were statistically significant at p < .05. *** Differences between this group and young male DV offenders were statistically significant at p < .001.
Next, we examined pretrial re-arrests. About 28% of young male DV defendants were re-arrested during the pretrial period for any new offense (see Figure 3-5A). This rate was about 10 percentage points higher than the rate for older male DV defendants (18%), 5 percentage points higher than the rate for young male Non-DV offenders (23%) and 10 percentage points higher than the rate for older male Non-DV offenders (18%). These results indicate that young male DV defendants pose the highest risk of pretrial re-arrest of any of the four categories of defendants considered here. What types of offenses were defendants re-arrested for during the pretrial period? About 14% of young male DV defendants were re-arrested for new DV offenses, and 17% were re-arrested for new Non-DV offenses (see Figure 3-5B). (These categories overlapâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;about 3% were re-arrested for both DV and Non-DV