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title: Motivation Techniques
description: "Table 6\r\nLevels of Support for Motivation Techniques\r\nPractice\tResearch Support\tField Support: Low Risk\t\tField Support: Med/High Risk\r\n\t\tProbation \tJSI\t\tProbation \tJSI\r\nSanctions\tNot Evidence-Based\tMinimal\tMinimal\t\tModerate\tModerate\r\nIncentives\tEvidence-Based\tModerate\tModerate\t\tWide\tModerate\r\nPro-Social Modeling\tEvidence-Based\tModerate\tModerate\t\tWide\tModerate"
url: "https://www.gmuace.org/appropriateness-statement-package/motivation-techniques/motivation-techniques/"
updated: "2023-03-06"
category: Motivation Techniques
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# Motivation Techniques

The following section covers a number of commonly used motivation technique practices. These include incentives, sanctions, and pro-social modeling. Also provided are implementation recommendations on how organizations can prepare themselves to make changes to their policies on motivation techniques. Finally, this section contains appropriateness statements which include the results of the empirical evidence analysis.

The following table shows a summary of the results from the evidence analysis. The practices is categorized according to four levels: appropriate, promising, inconclusive, and not evidence-based depending on the amount and type of research available (see Introduction Table 2 for definitions). Also included are the perceptions of individuals working in supervision agencies and individuals that have experience with the justice system to illustrate different views about the contacts. The following table summarizes the evidence level, the probation staff perceptions, and JSI perceptions of the practices in this section.

**Table 6**

Levels of Support for Motivation Techniques

**Practice**

**Research Support**

**Field Support: Low Risk**

**Field Support: Med/High Risk**

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**Probation**

**JSI**

**Probation**

**JSI**

Sanctions
 Incentives
 Pro-Social Modeling

Not Evidence-Based
 Evidence-Based
 Evidence-Based

Minimal
 Moderate
 Moderate

Minimal
 Moderate
 Moderate

Moderate
 Wide
 Wide

Moderate
 Moderate
 Moderate