Phase 2 RCT of Jail-Based Impact of Crime Intervention to Reduce Recidivism, Substance Abuse and HIV Risk Behavior
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Sponsor
- George Mason University
- Enrollment
- 200
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Recidivism - Self report of arrests and undetected crimes
Study Overview
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 Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- Male
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
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
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Recidivism - Self report of arrests and undetected crimes
Time Frame: 5 yr post-release
Recidivism -- official FBI records of arrests
Time Frame: 5 yr post-release
Secondary Outcomes
- 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)
Investigators
June Tangney
Professor
George Mason University