Effects of Individual Intervention for Men in Focused Deterrence Program

Reducing Violence Among High Risk African American Men in Focused Deterrence Program Through Individual Support

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03184116

Enrollment

Registered

2017-06-12

Start date

2018-03-01

Completion date

2020-04-01

Last updated

2021-05-25

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Conditions

Violence

Brief summary

This project will implement and evaluate a community-based intervention to improve individual outcomes in violence-related injuries and homicide. Young African American men participating in a focused deterrence program (the Birmingham Violence Reduction Initiative, BVRI) will be randomized to receive an additional individual intervention based on the cognitive-behavioral Reasoning and Rehabilitation program.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALIndividual intervention

Individual intervention based on a cognitive-behavioral program Reasoning & Rehabilitation

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

MALE

Age

18 Years to 30 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* African American male identified as at high risk for violence by the Birmingham Violence Reduction Initiative

Exclusion criteria

* Mental retardation, serious mental illness (eg, psychosis)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Violence	6 months	involvement in violent incidents based on police records and self-report

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026