Re-entry Continuum for Brain Injury

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Specific aims of the current proposal are as follows: Aim 1. To examine differences in recidivism [return to incarceration within 3 years] in participant offenders with TBI who are reentering the community and are either randomized to RCBI or TAU-CG. Hypothesis 1 (H1): Participants in the RCBI group...

Specific aims of the current proposal are as follows: Aim 1. To examine differences in recidivism [return to incarceration within 3 years] in participant offenders with TBI who are reentering the community and are either randomized to RCBI or TAU-CG. Hypothesis 1 (H1): Participants in the RCBI group will demonstrate a lower proportion of recidivating participants than the TAU-CG one year, two years, and three years post release. Aim 2. To examine differences in violent offenses [number of pre-release violent behavioral infractions; number of post-release felonies committed and their classifications] in participant offenders with TBI who are reentering the community and are either randomized to RCBI or TAU-CG during 3 months pre-release, and one, two, and three years post-release. Hypothesis 2A (H2A): Participants in the RCBI group will demonstrate lower rates of in-prison violent behavioral infractions between enrollment and release than participants in the control group. Hypothesis 2B (H2B): Participants in the RCBI will commit fewer and less serious level felonies post-release than participants in the TAU-CG 1, 2, and 3 years post-release demonstrated by a lower proportion of RCBI offenders committing violent crimes than TAU-CG. Aim 3. Examine group differences in coping [Brain Injury Coping Skills Questionnaire], aggression [Buss Perry Aggression Questionnaire], community integration [Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools-Objective], and number of basic needs unmet [Survey of Unmet Needs and Services] at time of release and 1-year post-release as well as employment [Employment acquisition and sustainability] 1, 2, and 3 years post-release. Hypothesis 3A (H3A): Participants in the treatment group will show better scores on measures of coping and aggression compared to controls at time of release. Hypothesis 3B (H3B): The RCBI group will show a higher proportion of participants obtaining employment compared to the TAU-CG as well as higher employment durations (total months showing employment data) one year, two years, and three years post release and better community integration one-year post release. Hypothesis 3C (H3C): Participants in the treatment group will show lower rates of unmet needs compared to the control group one-year post release. Aim 4 (Exploratory). Identify which factors predict recidivism in the TBI population and investigate their relationship with a validated measure of recidivism risk [Level of Service Inventory-Revised7]. Hypothesis 4 (H4): While it is hypothesized that group assignment (RCBI vs. TAU-CG) in combination with criminality risk and select demographic, injury, and/or social variables will contribute significantly to a model predicting three-year recidivism outcome, a specific model is not hypothesized and detection of specific contributing variables will be exploratory.

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