NCT01378936

Jail-Based Impact of Crime Intervention

Phase 2 RCT of Jail-Based Impact of Crime Intervention to Reduce Recidivism, Substance Abuse and HIV Risk Behavior

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: George Mason University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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.

Conditions

• Substance Abuse
• HIV Risk
• Criminogenic Thinking
• Shame
• Guilt
• Empathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	MI plus IOC group intervention	45 minute Motivational Interview plus 16 session IOC intervention
BEHAVIORAL	Motivational Interview only	45 minute Motivational Interview session

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-08-01
• Primary completion: 2013-12-01
• Completion: 2016-06-01
• First posted: 2011-06-23
• Last updated: 2013-05-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States