Improving Employment and Reducing Recidivism Among Prison Offenders Via Virtual Interviewing Tool
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 进行中（未招募）
- 入组人数
- 150
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Cost Effectiveness of VR-JIT as measured by Delivery Cost Capture Questionnaire.
研究概览
简要总结
The goal is to conduct a confirmatory effectiveness RCT (and an implementation evaluation) of Virtual Interview Training (VIT) by comparing employment and recidivism outcomes of offenders receiving vocational services as usual (SAU) plus VIT (SAU+VIT) with the outcomes of offenders receiving only services as usual (SAU-only).
The plan calls for participants to include offenders who are at moderate to high risk for reoffending (with an emphasis on violent-crime reoffending) who are currently enrolled in a Vocational Village.
详细描述
The goal is to conduct a confirmatory effectiveness RCT (and an implementation evaluation) of VIT by comparing employment and recidivism outcomes of offenders receiving vocational services as usual (SAU) plus VIT (SAU+VIT) with the outcomes of offenders receiving only services as usual (SAU-only). To meet the criteria in the funding announcement, the plan calls for participants to include offenders who are at moderate to high risk for reoffending (with an emphasis on violent-crime reoffending) who are currently enrolled in a Vocational Village. The investigators are well prepared to conduct this study because the team has extensive experience with evaluating VIT in several settings (schools and mental-health service providers) and has previously collaborated with the Michigan Department of Corrections, which administers the Vocational Villages.
Objective 1. Evaluate whether SAU+VIT, compared with SAU-only, enhances employment outcomes and reduces recidivism among this population (i.e., effectiveness). At the individual level, the investigators hypothesize (H) that SAU+VIT trainees, compared with SAU-only trainees, will have higher employment rates (H1), greater improvement in job-interview skills (H2), and reduced recidivism (H3) by six-month follow-up. At the system level, the investigators hypothesize that SAU+VIT will be more cost-effective than SAU-only (H4). Subobjective 1. Explore whether use of the computerized VIT system frees up SAU staff time for non-interview-practice-related vocational training, relative to SAU-only (system level).Objective 2. Evaluate the mechanisms of employment outcomes and explore the mechanisms of recidivism.
Based on Corbiere's model, the investigators hypothesize that interview-skill improvement and measured role-play interview performance will mediate the effect of interview training on employment outcomes (H5). Also, The investigators will explore whether employment outcomes mediate the relationship between interviewing skills and recidivism at six-month follow-up and twelve month follow ups.
Objective 3. Conduct a multilevel, mixed-method initial process evaluation of VIT implementation to assess the acceptability, scalability, generalizability, and affordability of VIT. The investigators will use focus groups, surveys, and interviews (among offenders, staff, and leaders) to identify facilitators and barriers to implementing VIT in a prison-based vocational service program (the Vocational Village). The investigators will use budget-impact analysis to estimate the cost of implementing VIT at the Vocational Village.
1.1 Virtual Interview Training (VIT). This is an immersive simulation that allows trainees to have a virtual conversation with, and influence the behavior of, a simulated character. Previous studies suggest that virtual reality simulation training is engaging, and as a result, trainees will practice willingly for hours. The VIT simulation far exceeds typical interview training by combining video, speech recognition, and nonbranching logic (described below) to create an interactive environment in which trainees encounter complex social cues and realistic interpersonal exchanges with a virtual hiring manager. VIT was designed as part of a collaborative partnership between SIMmersion LLC and the research team to improve interview skills using behavioral-learning principles. These principles help develop sustainable changes in behavior.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Male
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •18 years or older
- •Identified as at moderate to high risk for reoffending with violent crimes (determined at the time of enrollment in the Vocational Village via the COMPAS Risk Assessment Classification Instrument [60])
- •Within three months of their earliest release date
- •Actively enrolled in a Vocational Village
- •Have at least a 6th grade reading comprehension
排除标准
- •Has uncorrected hearing or visual problem that prevents him or her from using the training
- •Has a medical illness that compromises their cognition (for example, moderate to severe traumatic brain injury).
研究组 & 干预措施
Services as usual + Virtual Reality Job Interview Training
In addition to the services as usual comparator, participants will participate in Virtual Reality Job Interview Training.
干预措施: Virtual Reality Job Interview Training (Behavioral)
Services as usual + Virtual Reality Job Interview Training
In addition to the services as usual comparator, participants will participate in Virtual Reality Job Interview Training.
干预措施: Services as usual (Behavioral)
Services as Usual
Study participants will be receiving their Vocational Village services as usual that may include but is not limited to vocational skill training, daily living skill training, and social skill training.
干预措施: Services as usual (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Cost Effectiveness of VR-JIT as measured by Delivery Cost Capture Questionnaire.
时间窗: Through study completion, average of 4 years
The Delivery cost capture surveys ask for MDOC staff to list the number of hours they worked on certain topics (including job interview training, mock interviews, job development/supports, job application skills, educational team meetings, educational team correspondence, project team correspondence, SIMersion team correspondence, VR-JIT teaching, and VR-JIT support while using VR-JIT. This will provide a total number of hours worked on these tasks while delivery of the VR-JIT tool is occurring. The Installation Cost Capture Questionnaire will ask MDOC Staff and Research Staff to list the number of hours they worked on activities related to getting VR-JIT installed and up and running at the prisons.
Employment as measured in Outcome Questionnaire
时间窗: 6 month and 12 month follow up after villagers are released; will occur through study completion, average of 4 years
Employment rate will be measured by participant self-report using a questionnaire. The questionnaire will include information about their job status (unemployed, employed); if they completed any job interviews (yes/no) and how many interviews they completed, if they received a job offer (yes/no), and information about jobs they may have had since their release date (employer name, job type, average hours worked, hourly wage, start date, end date). It will also include questions about their housing status (staying at a friend's, having own apartment, having own house/condo, homeless, or other); and if they thought the virtual interview training helped them prepare for an interview. The employment status will be validated with administrative data collected by MDOC.
Mock Interview Scoring
时间窗: Assessments occur pre-intervention and post-intervention and data will be assessed throughout study completion, average of 4 years
Videos of mock interviews taken pre-intervention and post-intervention will be rated using a developed scale by the UM study team. Performance will be rated using a 1-5 likert scale with 1 being "Poor", 3 being "Average" and 5 being "Excellent"
Recidivism as measured in Outcome Questionnaire
时间窗: 6 month and 12 month follow up after villagers are released; will occur through study completion, average of 4 years
Recidivism status will be collected during the 6 month and 12 month follow up survey. Questions include if they've been re-arrested (yes/no) and if they were convicted of a crime (yes/no). The recidivism self-report data will be validated by administrative data collected from MDOC.
Cost Effectiveness of VR-JIT as measured by Installation Cost Capture Questionnaires
时间窗: Through study completion, average of 4 years
The Installation Cost Capture Questionnaire will ask MDOC Staff and Research Staff to list the number of hours they worked on activities related to getting VR-JIT installed and up and running at the prisons. This includes time spent on phone calls between sites, between IT members, UM staff, Simmersion staff, etc.). This will provide a total number of hours spent on getting VR-JIT up and running in these agencies.
Cost Effectiveness of VR-JIT as measured by Pre-Delivery Cost Capture Questionnaires
时间窗: Through study completion, average of 4 years
The Pre-Delivery cost capture surveys ask for MDOC staff to list the number of hours they worked on certain topics, including job interview training, mock interviews, job development/supports, job application skills, educational team meetings, educational team correspondence, project team correspondence, SIMersion team correspondence. This will provide a baseline number of total hours worked on these tasks before VR-JIT use. The Installation Cost Capture Questionnaire will ask MDOC Staff and Research Staff to list the number of hours they worked on activities related to getting VR-JIT installed and up and running at the prisons.
次要结局
- Psychological Distress Survey (SCL-10)(At 3 points throughout the study completion, average of 4 years.)
- Interviewing Anxiety/Comfort(At 2 points throughout the study completion, average of 4 years.)
- DSM-5 Level 1 symptom measure(At 3 points throughout the study completion, average of 4 years.)
- Acceptability/Usability of VR-JIT(At one point throughout study completion, average of 4 years.)
- Interviewing Self-Efficacy/Confidence(At 2 points throughout the study completion, average of 4 years.)
- Interviewing Motivation/Enjoyment(At 2 points throughout the study completion, average of 4 years.)
研究者
Matthew Smith
Associate Professor
University of Michigan