Clinical trial NCT01380977: Trial of Impact of Crime Group Intervention for Jail Inmates
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: PHASE1
PHASE2
Conditions: Crime
Substance Abuse
HIV Risk
Criminogenic Thinking
Shame
Keywords: crime
substance abuse
HIV risk
criminogenic thinking
shame
guilt
restorative justice
victim impact group
Lead sponsor: George Mason University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
First posted: 2011-06-27
Enrollment: 51
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This pilot study is designed to evaluate the efficacy of the Impact of Crime (IOC) group intervention for jail inmates. The hypothesis is that participants in IOC will show decreases in criminogenic thinking, decreases in shame, increases in guilt, and increases in empathy, which in turn will be reflected in reduced recidivism (official records and self report), relative to those randomly assigned to a treatment as usual group.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Must be 18 years or older
* Must be male
* Must be currently incarcerated jail inmate
* Must be sentenced
* 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: Self reported recidivism (arrests and undetected offenses)
timeFrame: 1 year post-release up to 2 yrs post release
measure: Self reported recidivism (arrests and undetected offenses)
timeFrame: 4 years post-release up to 5 yrs post release
measure: Self reported recidivism (arrests and undetected offenses)
timeFrame: 7 years post-release up to 8 yrs post-release
measure: Self reported recidivism (arrests and undetected offenses)
timeFrame: 10 years post-release up to 11 yrs post-release
measure: Self-reported Substance Use and Dependence - TCU
timeFrame: 1 year post-release up to 2 yrs post-release
measure: Self-reported Substance Use and Dependence - TCU
timeFrame: 4 years post-release up to 5 yrs post-release
measure: Self-reported Substance Use and Dependence - TCU
timeFrame: 7 years post-release up to 8 yrs post-release
measure: Self-reported Substance Use and Dependence - TCU
timeFrame: 10 years post-release up to 11 yrs post release
measure: Self-reported HIV risk behaviors (sex and IDU) - TCU
timeFrame: 1 year post-release - up to 2 yrs post-release
measure: Self-reported HIV risk behaviors (sex and IDU) - TCU
timeFrame: 4 years post-release up to 5 yrs post-release
measure: Self-reported HIV risk behaviors (sex and IDU) - TCU
timeFrame: 7 years post-release up to 8 yrs post-release
measure: Self-reported HIV risk behaviors (sex and IDU) - TCU
timeFrame: 10 years post-release up to 11 yrs post-release
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Changes from baseline in Self reported criminogenic beliefs - CCS
timeFrame: Baseline to post-treatment up to 9 mos
measure: Changes from baseline in Self reported criminogenic beliefs - CCS
timeFrame: Baseline to pre-release up to 1.5 yrs
measure: Changes from baseline in Self reported criminogenic beliefs - CCS
timeFrame: Baseline to 1 yr post-release up to 3.5 yrs
measure: Changes from baseline in Self reported criminogenic beliefs - CCS
timeFrame: Baseline to 4 yrs post-release up to 6.5 yrs
measure: Changes from baseline in Self reported criminogenic beliefs - CCS
timeFrame: Baseline to 7 yrs post-release up 9,5 yrs
measure: Changes from baseline in Self reported criminogenic beliefs - CCS
timeFrame: Baseline to 10 yrs post-release up to 12.5 yrs
measure: Changes from baseline in self-reported shame - TOSCA-SD
timeFrame: Baseline to post-treatment up to 9 mos
measure: Changes from baseline in self-reported shame - TOSCA-SD
timeFrame: Baseline to pre-release up to 1.5 yrs
measure: Changes from baseline in self-reported shame - TOSCA-SD
timeFrame: Baseline to 1 yr post release up to 3.5 yrs
measure: Changes from baseline in self-reported shame - TOSCA-SD
timeFrame: Baseline to 4 yrs post release up to 6.5 yrs
measure: Changes from baseline in self-reported shame - TOSCA-SD
timeFrame: Baseline to 7 yrs post release up to 9.5 yrs
measure: Changes from baseline in self-reported shame - TOSCA-SD
timeFrame: Baseline to 10 yrs post release up to 12.5 yrs
measure: Changes from baseline in self-reported Guilt - TOSCA-SD
timeFrame: Baseline to post-treatment up to 9 mos
measure: Changes from baseline in self-reported Guilt - TOSCA-SD
timeFrame: Baseline to pre-release up to 1.5 yrs
measure: Changes from baseline in self-reported Guilt - TOSCA-SD
timeFrame: Baseline to 1 yr post-release up to 3.5 yrs
measure: Changes from baseline in self-reported Guilt - TOSCA-SD
timeFrame: Baseline to 4 yrs post-release up to 6.5 yrs
measure: Changes from baseline in self-reported Guilt - TOSCA-SD
timeFrame: Baseline to 7 yrs post-release up to 9.5 yrs
measure: Changes from baseline in self-reported Guilt - TOSCA-SD
timeFrame: Baseline to 10 yrs post-release up to 12.5 yrs
measure: Changes from baseline in self-reported Empathy - IRI
timeFrame: Baseline to post-treatment up to 9 mos
measure: Changes from baseline in self-reported Empathy - IRI
timeFrame: Baseline to pre-release up to 1.5 yrs
measure: Changes from baseline in self-reported Empathy - IRI
timeFrame: Baseline to 1 year post-release up to 3.5 yrs
measure: Changes from baseline in self-reported Empathy - IRI
timeFrame: Baseline to 4 years post-release up to 6.5 yrs
measure: Changes from baseline in self-reported Empathy - IRI
timeFrame: Baseline to 7 years post-release up to 9.5 yrs
measure: Changes from baseline in self-reported Empathy - IRI
timeFrame: Baseline to 10 years post-release up to 12.5 yrs
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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