Trial of Impact of Crime Group Intervention for Jail Inmates (IOC-1)

George Mason University (GMU)

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 2; Phase 1

Conditions: Criminogenic Thinking; Crime; HIV Risk; Substance Abuse; Shame

Treatments: Behavioral: Impact of Crime group intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01380977

R01DA014694 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

R01DA014694-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 51 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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51 participants in 2 patient groups

Impact of Crime group intervention

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Impact of Crime group intervention

Treatment as usual

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Impact of Crime group intervention