Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
Research, Training and Outcomes Center for Brain Injury, Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
Brain Inj. 2022 Mar 21;36(4):528-535. doi: 10.1080/02699052.2022.2051207. Epub 2022 Mar 12.
Research has shown that as many as 60% of adults in the criminal justice system have a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI), but the examination of effective interventions to reduce recidivism has only just begun. The present study explored the extent to which resource facilitation (RF) may decrease recidivism among those individuals with TBI.
Over a 2-year period, a prospective, non-randomized controlled study was conducted that included 1,504 justice-involved individuals exiting the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC). Participants were screened for a history of TBI as they entered parole or community corrections, with 211 (14%) offenders screening positive for moderate-to-severe TBI. Thirty-one of the 211 offenders offered RF chose to participate in the intervention, while 180 declined and served as the comparison group.
Participants in RF were found to recidivate significantly less often at 6 and 12 months post-release when looking at rearrests or return to incarceration combined between the two groups.
Our findings suggest that the increased risk for reincarceration in those individuals with TBI could be mitigated by the use of RF.
研究表明，刑事司法系统中多达 60%的成年人有创伤性脑损伤（TBI）病史，但对减少累犯的有效干预措施的研究才刚刚开始。本研究探讨了资源促进（RF）在多大程度上可以减少 TBI 个体的累犯率。
在为期 2 年的时间里，进行了一项前瞻性、非随机对照研究，包括 1504 名即将从印第安纳州惩教部（IDOC）获释的有犯罪记录的个人。在进入假释或社区矫正时，对他们进行了 TBI 病史筛查，有 211 名（14%）罪犯被筛查出中度至重度 TBI。在提供 RF 的 211 名罪犯中，有 31 人选择参加干预，而 180 人拒绝并作为对照组。
在考虑两组之间的逮捕后重新犯罪或重新监禁的综合情况时，RF 组的参与者在释放后 6 个月和 12 个月时的累犯率明显较低。
我们的研究结果表明，使用 RF 可以减轻 TBI 个体再次入狱的风险。
