First STARR Conference

The first STARR conference 'What Works in Reducing Re-offending?" was held from 28^th-30^th April 2010 in Downing College, University of Cambridge, UK. The aim of the conference was, apart from providing information on the EU-funded STARR project and its pilot programmes, gaining an understanding of the different viewpoints of 'What Works' through presentations from emminant experts from across Europe. To that end an overview of What Works in reducing re-offending was presented, as well as current research findings on ‘What Works'.

Below you find an overview of the presentations and relevant documents of the first STARR conference


Conference based documents:

• Programme of the conference
• Conference report (also available in Bulgarian / Български, French / français and Hungarian / magyar)
• Photos of the conference (when the new window opens, click on the words 'click here' under the file 'STARRCambridge' on the left of the screen to see the photos)

Plenary sessions - presentations:

• What Works in reducing reoffending: A Global Perspective (by Friedrich Lösel)
• What Works in reducing re-offeding: STARR pilot on Juvenile Crime Interventions (by Zoltan Bogschütz)
• A communication model for offender supervision (by Bas Vogelvang)
• Taking Probation AbroadSome reflections on the transfer of penal policy and practice (by Rob Canton)
• Probation transfer: between risks and benefits (by Ioan Durnescu)
• Difficulties in Introducing What Works: the case of the Justice Department of Catalonia (Spain) (by Marc Ceron)
• Rethinking Offender Supervision (presentation) (by Fergus McNeill)
• Rethinking Offender Supervision (text) (by Fergus McNeill)
• What is the role of CEP in What Works? (by Leo Tigges)
• Identifying, Measuring and Establishing the Significance of Prison Moral Climates (by Alison Liebling)

Workshops - presentations:

1. Promising Practices

• A new supervision model for Dutch probation (by Rene Poort)
• „I was saved from ruin"What Works in Reducing Re-offending (by Claudia Möller)

2. Domestic Violence

• Domestic Violence Programmes in England and Wales (by Paul Weatherstone)
• Prévention de la récidive: protection des victimes, prévention et répression des violences faites aux femmes au sein du couple (by Amélie Police)(presentation in French)

3. Drugs & Alcohol

• NOMS Reducing Re-offending: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Strategy (by Danny Clarcke)
• Drugs and Alcohol: The Bulgarian Perspective (by Andrey Momchilov)

4. Young and Juvenile Offenders

• Work with Hate Crime & Restorative Justice (by Liz Dixon)
• Addressing Serious Group Offending (by Delphine Duff)
• Young/Juvenile Offenders in Hungary (by Zoltan Bogschütz)

5. Assessment

• Assessing delinquent attributions and planning interventions (by Nevens Ricijaš)
• RISc 3 - Structured decision making by the Dutch probation service (by Jacqueline Bosker)

6. Transfer & Adaptation

• Transfer of programmes -experiences from Sweden (by Martin Larden)

7. Implementation

• Implementation of Probation Programs in Latvia (by Imants Jurevičius)
• Reducing Re-offending in the Netherlands (presentation) (by Marijke Verkroost and Jolanda Mooij)
  Reducing Re-offending in the Netherlands (text) (by Marijke Verkroost and Jolanda Mooij)

8. Resettlement

• Resettlement of Offenders  (by Leo Tigges)
• NOMS & Resettlement (by Steve Pitts)