A random study of Staff Training Aimed at Reducing Re-arrest (STARR): using core correctional practices in probation interactions

Diminishing or durable treatment effects of STARR? A research note on 24-month re-arrest rates

“…For a detailed and historical review of these changes see Bourgon et al (2012), Robinson et al (2012), and Lowenkamp et al (2013). This shift in officer role has been met with a number of evaluations demonstrating the impact (e.g., Bonta et al 2010.…”

“…This shift in officer role has been met with a number of evaluations demonstrating the impact (e.g., Bonta et al 2010. This study is a follow-up to Robinson et al (2012), which investigated the impacts of Staff Training Aimed at Reducing Re-arrest (STARR) in the federal probation and pretrial system. The 2012 study used a 12-month follow-up period for arrest rates; this research note provides an update to that study by using a 24-month follow-up period for arrests.…”

Seven Ways to Make Prisons Work

“…Rather than assume that these appointments are too brief to matter, research now indicates that offi cers can use these interactions to be change agents and reduce recidivism (Kennealy et al 2012 ;Manchak et al 2014 ;Raynor et al 2014 ;Raynor and Vanstone 2015 ). In fact, programs have been developed that have successfully trained supervising offi cers to use offi ce visits for therapeutic purposes (Andrews and Bonta 2010 ;Bonta et al 2011 ;Lowenkamp et al 2014 ;Robinson et al 2012 ;Smith et al 2012 ).…”

The Development and Implementation of a Faculty–Student Collaborative Research Project

“…One such EBP developed and implemented by OPPS includes a training program called "Staff Training Aimed at Reducing Re-arrest," or STARR, which is grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and aims to improve officers' interactions with offenders under supervision, with the ultimate goal of improving offender outcomes (Robinson et al, 2012). Approximately 30 federal district offices of the probation and pretrial service are in the process of implementing STARR.…”