An Evaluation of California's Experiment With HOPE
Phase 1 Study of California's HOPE Experiment
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interventional
105
1 country
1
Brief Summary
The phase I evaluation is intended to assess whether or not frequent drug testing and immediate short-term incarceration for drug use and/or other violations and mandated drug treatment for multiple violations, reduces the recurrence of drug use and/or other violation behaviors by California parolees assigned to the study group.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Nov 2010
Typical duration for not_applicable
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
November 1, 2010
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
November 1, 2010
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
November 9, 2010
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
October 1, 2012
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
March 1, 2013
CompletedApril 10, 2018
April 1, 2018
1.9 years
November 1, 2010
April 6, 2018
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Days incarcerated
Total number of days incarcerated in jail or prison
24 months
Secondary Outcomes (5)
% positive drug tests
24 months
%Missed
24 months
Revocation rate
24 months
New arrests
24 months
Perceptions of risk of detection
24 months
Study Arms (2)
HOPE supervision
EXPERIMENTALParolee supervised under California's new HOPE parole model.
Parole-as-usual
ACTIVE COMPARATORParolees supervised under California parole-as-usual.
Interventions
HOPE entails a warning session (Orientation Hearing) where the rules of parole are laid out and parolees are told that any violation of stated parole conditions will be sanctioned with a brief jail term (typically a few days in jail). HOPE includes regular random drug testing.
Parolees are supervised under standard parole supervision practice in California.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Assigned to the Sacramento Metro IV Parole Unit.
- Released from a term of return-to-custody for a violation for, or involving, the use of drugs.
- Have a maximum controlling discharge date at least one year from the date of release from the return-to-custody term.
You may not qualify if:
- History of convictions for crimes that require registration under Penal Code Section 290.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Pepperdine Universitylead
- University of California, Irvinecollaborator
- University of California, Los Angelescollaborator
Study Sites (1)
Sacramento Metro IV Parole Unit.
Sacramento, California, 95811, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Angela Hawken, PhD
Pepperdine University
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
November 1, 2010
First Posted
November 9, 2010
Study Start
November 1, 2010
Primary Completion
October 1, 2012
Study Completion
March 1, 2013
Last Updated
April 10, 2018
Record last verified: 2018-04