Legal-Education Plus Trauma-informed Therapy to Improve Community Acceptance and Reintegration of Repentant Terrorists in Nigeria

NCT ID: NCT05397483

Last Updated: 2022-05-31

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

150 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-06-20

Study Completion Date

2023-09-30

Brief Summary

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Terrorism is an issue of global concern, and reintegrating repentant terrorists, including their families, has often proved challenging considering the damages done by the terrorist group. Despite Boko Haram atrocities in Nigeria, the focus seems directed toward the repentant terrorists with limited attention to the communities, the trauma they suffered, and their involvement in the design of reintegration programmes. There is also limited community awareness of legal support channels to foster positive reintegration (Ike et al., 2021). The implication is that it risks undermining the social context that informs successful reintegration, improves acceptance, and reduces reoffending. However, there appears to be limited research on this important policy problem in Nigeria. Our study proposes to fill this gap by contributing to the research initiative through a novel cross-disciplinary intervention drawing on law and psychology entitled Legal Education plus Trauma-informed Therapy (LETiT) to improve community acceptance and reintegration of repentant terrorists in Nigeria.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Trauma, Psychological Legal Education

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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LETiT

The LETiT intervention will cover (a) Legal education with numerous aspects relating to human rights, access to legal support and tackling traumatic experiences.

(b) The Trauma-informed Therapy component will involve addressing trauma, dispelling negative thoughts and building more positive thinking.

It is worth adding that the LETiT intervention has undergone standardisation of procedure by adopting a coherent manual (e.g., the Legal Education plus Trauma-informed Therapy manual) specifically designed for the proposed intervention. For example, the legal education contents are collated from extant laws, including the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Legal Education plus Trauma-informed Therapy (LETiT)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Group-1: Experimental (n=75 participants) will receive the LETiT which consists of a total of 12-group integrated sessions lasting approximately 60-90 minutes per session every week with 20-25 persons per sub-group.

Intervention As Usual (IAU)

The Intervention As Usual (IAU) component of the proposed project is designed through a systematic collation of numerous government and non-governmental organisations' support information (e.g., news information and basic re-orientation of community members affected by terrorism). Thus, the IAU group will receive the government intervention involving media messages from the National Orientation Agency devoid of legal education or trauma-informed therapy.

The training materials are organised to address key aspects of care such as (a) acknowledgement of the severity of lived experiences (b) reflection of current help received from the government and humanitarian services (c) essential aspects of self-care and caring for the vulnerable family and community members (d) inspiration for the future etc.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Intervention As Usual (IAU)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Group-2: Controlled (n=75 participants) will receive the IAU which consists of a total of 12-group integrated sessions lasting approximately 60-90 minutes per session every week with 20-25 persons per sub-group.

Interventions

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Legal Education plus Trauma-informed Therapy (LETiT)

Group-1: Experimental (n=75 participants) will receive the LETiT which consists of a total of 12-group integrated sessions lasting approximately 60-90 minutes per session every week with 20-25 persons per sub-group.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Intervention As Usual (IAU)

Group-2: Controlled (n=75 participants) will receive the IAU which consists of a total of 12-group integrated sessions lasting approximately 60-90 minutes per session every week with 20-25 persons per sub-group.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* ages 18 - 85 years
* able to give consent
* able to understand and speak English
* score a minimum of 5 on Trauma Screening Questionnaire
* residents of designated communities of intervention (Adamawa, Maiduguri, and Plateau states)
* available for the study and follow up at 3- and 6-months post-intervention

Exclusion Criteria

* less than 18 or above 85 years
* unable to give consent
* clinically diagnosed with severe PTSD/suicidal ideations or undergoing treatment
* temporary or non-residents who are unlikely to be available for follow up
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

85 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Nottingham Trent University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dr Dung Jidong, PhD

Senior Lecturer

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Dung Jidong, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Nottingham Trent University, UK

Central Contacts

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Dung Jidong, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +44 115 84 86478

Email: [email protected]

Tarela Ike, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +44 1642 34 2316

Email: [email protected]

Other Identifiers

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0000-0001-5034-0335d

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id