Evaluating A Drug Testing and Graduated Sanctions Program in Delaware (DYT)

August 20, 2010 updated by: University of Delaware
The objective of this three year project funded by the National Institute of Justice is to conduct a program evaluation of the "Decide Your Time" program at the Hares Corner Office of the Delaware Department of Probation and Parole. The program is intended to provide an alternative to incarceration by monitoring chronic drug offenders through increased, regularly scheduled, known urinalysis testing, coupled with increasing sanctions and referral to treatment for positive tests. The program was designed and is being implemented by the Delaware Department of Probation and Parole. Offenders will become eligible for the program when they test positive for drugs at their initial probation intake at the Hare's Corner Probation Office in New Castle, Delaware or are moved from standard probation to intensive supervision due to failed urine tests. Due to budgetary constraints, the office lacks sufficient resources to place all eligible offenders into the program. The Department of Probation thus intends to randomly assign eligible offenders to either intensive supervision probation (ISP)(n=400) or the Decide Your Time program(n=400). Those in ISP will receive the normal intensive supervision requirements, including weekly visits and random urinalysis. Those in the enhanced condition will receive regularly scheduled urinalysis coupled with referral to treatment, if required, and a program of graduated sanctions. The Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies is conducting an evaluation of the program that involves examining data on effectiveness, and collecting and examining data on program implementation, and probation officer and client perspectives of how the program worked. It is hypothesized that those randomized to the Decide Your Time program will have fewer arrests, violations and positive urine screens upon program completion than those randomized to the control condition.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Anticipated)

800

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Delaware
      • New Castle, Delaware, United States, 19720
        • New Castle Day Reporting Center at Hares Corner, 26 Parkway Circle

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

Delaware Probationers who fail a urine screen are randomly assigned to either intensive supervision probation (ISP)(n=400) or the Decide Your Time program(n=400).

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • sentenced to intensive supervision and fails a urine drug screen at the HAres Corner Probation office in Delaware

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Clinical Diagnosis of DSM-IV Mental Illness
  • Judge ordered Zero Tolerance program
  • Sex Offender
  • Less than sixty days on probation

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Experimental
Those persons randomized to the Decide Your Time program.
Standard Pracitice
Those persons randomized to the standard probationary practice condition.

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

University of Delaware

Collaborators

Delaware Department of Probation & Parole

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Daniel J O'Connell, PhD, University of Delaware

Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 20, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 20, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

August 23, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 23, 2010

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 20, 2010

Last Verified

August 1, 2010

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 139855

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