Jail-Based Impact of Crime Intervention

Phase 2

• Conditions: Substance Abuse; HIV Risk; Criminogenic Thinking; Shame; Guilt; Empathy
• Interventions: Behavioral: MI plus IOC group intervention; Behavioral: Motivational Interview only

• Registration Number: NCT01378936
• Lead Sponsor: George Mason University

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the Impact of Crime (IOC) group intervention with jail inmates reduces post-release recidivism, substance abuse, and HIV risk behavior.

Detailed Description

This project imports social-personality theory and research on moral emotions and cognitions to the applied problems of crime, substance abuse, and HIV risk behavior. The primary aim of this study, a Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial (RCT) of the restorative justice-inspired Impact of Crime (IOC) group intervention, is to examine the efficacy of treatment and to determine if changes in moral emotions and cognitions serve as mechanisms of action, explaining the impact of treatment involvement on reductions in post-release recidivism, substance abuse, and HIV risk behavior.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-08
• Study First Submitted: 2011-06-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-06-22
• Study First Posted: 2011-06-23
• Status Verified: 2013-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-05-03
• Last Update Posted: 2013-05-07
• Primary Completion: 2013-12
• Study Completion: 2016-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• Must be 18 years or older
• Must be male
• Must be currently incarcerated jail inmate
• Must be sentenced
• Sentence must be short enough to serve out sentence at ADC
• Release date must follow projected final session of treatment
• Must speak, read, and write in English with sufficient proficiency to use workbook and participate in group sessions
• Must be assigned to the jail's "general population"

Exclusion Criteria

• Actively psychotic
• Assigned "keep separate" from other group members

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
MI plus IOC group intervention	MI plus IOC group intervention	-
Motivational Interview only	Motivational Interview only	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Recidivism - Self report of arrests and undetected crimes	5 yr post-release
Recidivism -- official FBI records of arrests	5 yr post-release

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in self-reported shame-proneness from baseline	changes from baseline to post tx and 3 mo, 1 yr, 3yr and 5 yr post-release
Changes in self-reported guilt proneness from baseline	changes from baseline to post tx, and 3 mo, 1 yr, 3 yr, 5 yr post-release
Changes from self-reported empathy from baseline	changes from baseline to post tx, 3 mo, 1 yr, 3 yr, 5 yr post-release
Changes from self-reported criminogenic thinking at baseline	changes from baseline to post tx, and 3 mo, 1 yr, 3 yr, 5 yr post-release
Changes in self-reported substance use and dependence from 1 yr pre-incarceration	changes from pre-incarceration to 3 mo, 1 yr, 3 yr, 5 yr post-release
Changes in self-reported HIV risk behavior (sex and IDU) from 1 year pre-incarceration	changes from pre-incarceration to 3 mo, 1 yr, 3 yr, 5 yr post-release

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Fairfax County Adult Detention Center; 🇺🇸 Fairfax, Virginia, United States