Clinical trial NCT01381146: Victim Impact Modules for Jail Inmates
Official title: Phase 1-2 Study of Victim Impact Group Modules for Jail Inmates
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: WITHDRAWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Substance Abuse
HIV Risk
Shame
Guilt
Empathy
Criminogenic Thinking
Keywords: criminal behavior
substance abuse
HIV risk behavior
criminogenic thinking
shame
guilt
empathy
jail inmates
restorative justice
Crime
Lead sponsor: George Mason University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
First posted: 2011-06-27
Enrollment: 0
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to evaluate feasibility of modularized delivery of the Impact of Crime (IOC) group intervention with jail inmates, and obtain preliminary data on its effectiveness in reducing post-release recidivism, substance abuse, and HIV risk behavior.


Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: Recidivism - Self report of arrests and undetected crimes
timeFrame: 3 months post-release up to 9 mos
measure: Acceptability - number of participants who indicate the module was helpful and number who would recommend treatment to a friend
timeFrame: 1 week post-treatment up to 2 weeks
measure: Number of inmates who complete the intervention
timeFrame: 5 sessions over a period of 1 week
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Self reported Substance use and dependence -Texas Christian University measure
timeFrame: 3 months post-release up to 9 mos
measure: Self reported HIV risk behavior (sex and Intravenous Drug Use) Texas Christian University measure
timeFrame: 3 months post-release up to 9 mos
measure: Changes in self-reported Shame-proneness from baseline
timeFrame: Changes from pre- to post-treatment up to 12 weeks
measure: Changes in self-reported Shame-proneness from baseline
timeFrame: Changes from pre-treatment to 3 mos post-release up to 9 mos
measure: Changes in self-reported Guilt-proneness from baseline
timeFrame: Changes from pretreatment to 3 months post-release up to 9 mos
measure: Changes in self-reported Guilt-proneness from baseline
timeFrame: Changes from pretreatment to post-treatment up to 12 weeks
measure: Changes in self-reported empathy from baseline
timeFrame: changes from pre- to post-treatment up to 12 weeks
measure: Changes in self-reported empathy from baseline
timeFrame: changes from pre-treatment to 3 mos post-release up to 9 mos
measure: Changes in self reported criminogenic thinking from baseline
timeFrame: changes from pre-treatment to post-treatment up to 12 weeks
measure: Changes in self reported criminogenic thinking from baseline
timeFrame: changes from pre-treatment to 3 mos post-release up to 9 mos
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Fairfax
country: United States
facility: Fairfax County Adult Detention Center
state: Virginia
Study officials:
affiliation: George Mason University
name: June P Tangney, Ph.D.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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