An Evaluation of Motivational Interviewing to Increase Compliance in a Probation Setting (ENCORE)
Status
Completed
Conditions
Compliance With Terms of Probation Sentence
Treatments
Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing
Study type
Interventional
Funder types
Other
Other U.S. Federal agency
Identifiers
Details and patient eligibility
About
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of Motivational Interviewing (MI) on probationer progress over a 6-month period, using probation officers as the MI providers.
Enrollment
300 estimated patients
Sex
All
Ages
18+ years old
Volunteers
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Inclusion criteria
- Participants must be on felony probation.
- Participants must be English speaking.
- Participants must be classified as medium or high-risk.
- Participants must be placed on a non-specialized caseload.
- Participants must be at least 18 years of age.
Exclusion criteria
- Does not speak English.
- Is less than 18 years old.
- Is not on felony probation.
- Is not classified as medium or high-risk.
- Is placed on a specialized caseload.
Trial design
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-Randomized
Interventional model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
Single Blind
300 participants in 3 patient groups
1
Experimental group
Description:
Probation officers trained to use Motivational Interviewing while conducting meetings with probationers.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing
2
No Intervention group
Description:
Probation officers who are interested in Motivational Interviewing, but have not yet been trained to use it while conducting meetings with probationers.
3
No Intervention group
Description:
Treatment as usual. Regular probation officers conduct standard meetings with probationers.
Trial contacts and locations
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