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inlawrev-26417	Weissmann, Leanna	Redefining Justice for Emerging Adults: Emerging Adult Courts Promise a Cost-Effective Means to Rehabilitate Offenders Who Commit Crimes Prior to Their 25th Birthdays	2022	48	.pdf	application/pdf	19006	1227	65	The SDNY program stresses job preparedness and is particularly proud of its graduates who have gone on to become EMTs, flight attendants, store managers, and union laborers.271 Leroy, in particular, said leaving prison with a felony would have sent him back to the street, running with his old friends instead of managing the Wall Street Starbucks.272 Participants who successfully complete emerging adult court programs get the chance to follow their dreams: buy homes, start families, establish businesses, and build community.273 That type of success is difficult to capture in raw statistical data. Emerging adult courts operate with an understanding that young people tend to learn and grow from their mistakes.22 These specialized courts, like the one Leroy attended, embrace the idea that proper intervention guides an emerging adult from the instability of youth to a lawful life of independence.23 In Leroy’s case, he received services in lieu of jail time.24 Group therapy taught him to control his impulses, question inappropriate peer relationships, and make 11.	cache/inlawrev-26417.pdf	txt/inlawrev-26417.txt