Young Adult Justice-Involved Persons: Practice Guidelines for Probation Staff ¹.

YOUNG adults; GRATITUDE; SENSATION seeking; MENTAL health services; PROBATION

Community supervision officers were trained to employ practices consistent with all four promising practices to supervise young adults, and the study showed trends toward a positive impact on recidivism, although a longer follow-up period may be necessary to show clearer results (Bernard et al., 2020). These treatment methods include engaging in activities such as using cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to alter thinking patterns to be more positive, practicing gratitude, or encouraging hope. Thus, supervision staff should recognize that a young adult's brain has not fully developed, with potentially negative consequences for the young adult's behaviors and therefore success on supervision. Due to the young adult brain's reward circuitry, the rewards of positive behavior are experienced more strongly biologically, so the benefits of risky behavior will be weighed more heavily than among adults with mature brains (Steinberg, 2008). [Extracted from the article]

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