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Jail-Based Impact of Crime Intervention (IOC)

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George Mason University (GMU)

Status and phase

Unknown
Phase 2

Conditions

Criminogenic Thinking
Empathy
Guilt
HIV Risk
Substance Abuse
Shame

Treatments

Behavioral: MI plus IOC group intervention
Behavioral: Motivational Interview only

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other
NIH

Identifiers

NCT01378936
R01DA014694 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
R01DA014694-11

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment

200 estimated patients

Sex

Male

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Double Blind

200 participants in 2 patient groups

MI plus IOC group intervention
Experimental group
Treatment:
Behavioral: MI plus IOC group intervention
Motivational Interview only
Experimental group
Treatment:
Behavioral: Motivational Interview only

Trial contacts and locations

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